It was the summer of 1999, a few days after John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette and her sister died in the plane crash off Martha’s Vineyard, and I was going to lunch with my editor in Tribeca. On the way to the restaurant, we passed the entry to the loft building where Read More
That’s the New Orleans Times-Picayune’s verdict, expressed by a National Guardsman in the Superdome, on the coverage of murder, rape, and crime generally in post-Katrina New Orleans.
No real connection to this city’s politics, but this look at the contrast between coverage and reality is a real cautionary tale for reporters and public Read More
David Lindsley is a 20-year-old sophomore and New Orleans native who has landed, practically overnight, at New York University.
On Friday evening, Mr. Lindsley was sitting in an auditorium at N.Y.U., attending a special orientation session for students displaced by Hurricane Katrina. He was there with his girlfriend, Lilly Pax, 21, a junior. Together, they Read More
Tons and acres of murky filth rushed in a flood surge and still lingers weeks later. And that is just the punditry on Hurricane Katrina. How can we backbite and quibble when thousands upon thousands are homeless, ruined, sick, dying and dead? Maybe we do it because so many of those who are paid to Read More
David Lindsley is a 20-year-old sophomore and New Orleans native who has landed, practically overnight, at New York University.
On Friday evening, Mr. Lindsley was sitting in an auditorium at N.Y.U., attending a special orientation session for students displaced by Hurricane Katrina. He was there with his girlfriend, Lilly Pax, 21, a junior. Together, they Read More
A 1995 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study—now being revised—mapped out a frightening scenario about what would happen if a Category 3 hurricane hit New York:
“Not only could building occupants be endangered, but debris falling onto the streets from high above could create an extreme hazard to pedestrians. As high winds begin to damage Read More
Tons and acres of murky filth rushed in a flood surge and still lingers weeks later. And that is just the punditry on Hurricane Katrina. How can we backbite and quibble when thousands upon thousands are homeless, ruined, sick, dying and dead? Maybe we do it because so many of those who are paid to Read More
Here’s an idea that feels hard to resist: Both political parties hold their 2008 conventions in New Orleans, and announce their plans to do so jointly, right now.
“This would be a powerful vote of confidence for the city’s future. It would also indicate a serious bipartisan commitment to disaster recovery for the New Orleans/Gulf Read More
“People inside were literally dying,” ABC News correspondent Chris Bury told The Observer over the phone.
He was talking about the New Orleans Convention Center, where he spent the day on Friday, Sept. 2, and from which he filed an impassioned report on the evacuees from the sinking city who had sought refuge there Read More
“I think this was a story where the journalists were way ahead of everyone,” said Steven Newhouse, the chairman of Advance.net and son of Advance Publications Inc. president Donald Newhouse, who owns the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Battered by Katrina, his staff had been among the first to watch the levees fail and the city flood. Read More
