She told the stories of families uprooted by Katrina and found her own healing in their words
Many New Orleans families were unexpectedly still living away from home months after Hurricane Katrina hit. Relocated in cities near……
Category: Katrina Stories
A reporter was held at gunpoint by police after Katrina. Years later, he helped expose their misconduct
Three days after Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans, Gordon Russell was doing what journalists do in a disaster: walking……
Newspaper leader reflects on tough choices covering Katrina’s destruction
Four days after Hurricane Katrina began tearing through New Orleans, Sophie Amoss still hadn’t heard from her father. She had……
New bureau chief paused his promotion to report firsthand on Katrina
In late August 2005, Manuel Torres got a big promotion from staff writer to bureau chief of a Times-Picayune office……
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……