Katrina Stories, Special Projects
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.

Peter Kovacs woke up at 5 a.m. in the newsroom of The Times-Picayune newspaper the day after Hurricane Katrina.
The day before the big storm, Terri Troncale packed two small suitcases, one for her clothes and one for.
Photographer Ted Jackson stood on an elevated bridge, looked down into the Lower Ninth Ward, and saw four women.
As Hurricane Katrina’s howling winds died down on Aug. 29, 2005, relief fell over The Times-Picayne newsroom. Reporter John.
Jarvis DeBerry bought his home in New Orleans the year before weather forecasters warned that a Category 5 hurricane.