Times-Picayune managing editor lead Katrina coverage, fought false narratives
Peter Kovacs woke up at 5 a.m. in the newsroom of The Times-Picayune newspaper the day after Hurricane Katrina struck……
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Journalist’s home becomes refuge for colleagues with nowhere to work
The day before the big storm, Terri Troncale packed two small suitcases, one for her clothes and one for keepsakes……
Photographer faces piercing moral dilemmas documenting the aftermath of Katrina
Photographer Ted Jackson stood on an elevated bridge, looked down into the Lower Ninth Ward, and saw four women and……
Reporter bought a house for co-workers covering Hurricane Katrina
As Hurricane Katrina’s howling winds died down on Aug. 29, 2005, relief fell over The Times-Picayne newsroom. Reporter John Pope,……
Katrina made editorial writer realize the power of his voice
Jarvis DeBerry bought his home in New Orleans the year before weather forecasters warned that a Category 5 hurricane was……