Behind The Lens

Nick Chrastil and La'Shance Perry on the NOPD's plans to use drones which concerns privacy advocates. Some of the city's iconic crescent and star water meter covers are being replaced by generic looking lids to make way for “smart meters” which could, if they work properly, help resolve the agency’s notorious inflated bills. [...] Read More... from Behind The Lens episode 223: ‘History and art eve...

The OPSB voted to close the Living School at an emotional December board meeting and the Buttermilk Drop scrambled to pay bills after its Uber Eats account was hacked. [...] Read More... from Behind The Lens episode 222: ‘A safe space’ The post Behind The Lens episode 222: ‘A safe space’ appeared first on The Lens .

The Orleans Parish DA's office is using new predictive analytics software they say can help combat crime. Some critics are concerned. And annual A through F letter grades are in — what that means for schools. [...] Read More... from Behind the Lens episode 221: ‘A force multiplier’ The post Behind the Lens episode 221: ‘A force multiplier’ appeared first on The Lens .

This week on Behind The Lens, Jackson Parish’s is housing kids awaiting adjudication in a detention center unlicensed to do so and state A through F letter grades are due out soon. [...] Read More... from Behind The Lens episode 220: ‘Mothers want their kids out of there’ The post Behind The Lens episode 220: ‘Mothers want their kids out of there’ appeared first on The Lens .

This week on Behind The Lens, a historic drought at the root of ‘superfog’ causing a massive wreck on I-55 and small non-profit news outlets, like The Lens, speak up in the ever-changing media landscape. [...] Read More... from Behind the Lens episode 219: ‘A community that depends on us’ The post Behind the Lens episode 219: ‘A community that depends on us’ appeared first on The Lens .

This week on Behind The Lens, a $9.5 million private security contract for Louisiana youth prisons raises eyebrows. [...] Read More... from Behind The Lens episode 218: ‘They need stability … this does not bode well for that’ The post Behind The Lens episode 218: ‘They need stability … this does not bode well for that’ appeared first on The Lens .

A new judicial interpretation of the Clean Water Act leaves more than half of the country’s 118 million acres of wetlands unprotected, including the swamps of Acadiana and key waterfowl habitat. [...] Read More... from Behind The Lens episode 217: ‘Wetlands may be severed from that historic protection’ The post Behind The Lens episode 217: ‘Wetlands may be severed from that historic protection’ ap...

This week on Behind The Lens, Calvin Cains died in police custody in June and his mother sought body camera footage from on-scene officers through a lawsuit. Those recordings, she hopes, can show her sons final moments, before he was killed by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. [...] Read More... from Behind The Lens episode 216: ‘It’s torturous’ The post Behind The Lens episode 216: ‘It’s tor...

St. John the Baptist Parish residents fight the proposed construction of a large industrial size grain terminal, but they may now have some powerful allies. [...] Read More... from Behind The Lens episode 215: ‘A striking shock contrast’ The post Behind The Lens episode 215: ‘A striking shock contrast’ appeared first on The Lens .

This week on Behind The Lens, a fire at the Marathon refinery in Garyville grabs attention across the river and region, a federal judge rules that officers violated no civil rights even if they drew guns on Black youth looking for their lost dog and what parents should know about how NOLA Public Schools posts [...] Read More... from Behind The Lens episode 214: ‘That doesn’t happen on this side of...

Youth being held on Angola's grounds continue to face challenges and officials have high hopes for a $2.9 billion diversion of the lower Mississippi River. [...] Read More... from Behind The Lens episode 213: ‘Kids in solitary confinement’ The post Behind The Lens episode 213: ‘Kids in solitary confinement’ appeared first on The Lens .

Nick Chrastil on the city's work to find $22 million for controversial Phase III jail construction. Sara Sneath on LNG export terminals belching more pollution than estimated. [...] Read More... from Behind The Lens episode 212: ‘Industry spin has become reality’ The post Behind The Lens episode 212: ‘Industry spin has become reality’ appeared first on The Lens .