Local news defined the Katrina story in New Orleans. Could it still do that today?
When Hurricane Katrina made landfall on Aug. 29, 2005, the newsrooms in New Orleans became lifelines for scattered residents. Reporters and photographers from The Times-Picayune spread out across the flooded city. Even after the paper’s headquarters was evacuated, coverage continued, first online, and then, three days later, in print from borrowed presses in Houma, Louisiana,…
