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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
NOLA.com asks: when is Super Bowl 2013?
Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 3:06 PM
As New Orleans prepares to host the event know as the "Super Bowl," there are many questions on locals' minds. Which major roads will be closed? Will there be anywhere to park my car? What events sponsored by dog food companies and cable providers can I attend? But the most important question weighing heavily on our minds is: when is the Super Bowl?
Fortunately, NOLA.com has answered this tough question in its dogged pursuit of robust content-gathering.
Times-Picayune: HANO draft policy supposedly loosening criminal background checks would actually do the opposite of that
Posted by Charles Maldonado on Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 12:36 PM
The Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) is currently in the process of revising its policy on criminal background checks for housing and job applicants. HANO has some lofty goals in mind here, reports Richard Webster:
"Their criminal history is likely a bar to admission to most affordable housing opportunities, making post-incarceration reunification of families a near impossible dream," HANO says in the preamble to its proposed policy statement. "(HANO) recognizes that, whether explicit or implicit, its practices have served to perpetuate the problem... and accepts that it has a responsibility to give men and women with criminal histories the opportunity to rejoin their families and communities as productive members."
But, Webster writes, the new policy — which bans anyone with a "criminal history" that includes domestic or child abuse — will actually be significantly more restrictive than the current policy. Read the story.
Read HANO's draft policy: DRAFT_HANO_Criminal_Background_Policy_Statement_1.8.13.pdf
HANO is holding a public meeting on the new draft policy tonight at 6 p.m. at Helen W. Lang Memorial Board Room located at 4100 Touro Street (Building B).
Monday, January 21, 2013
Y@ Speak gets dirty
Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 11:54 AM
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." MLK Jr.
— CRayNagin (@RayNagin) January 19, 2013
My favorite throw caught/gifted to me last night at Krewe du Vieux! twitpic.com/bwv5qa
— uǝןɐʞ (@lunanola) January 20, 2013
- @lunanola
This week's tweets were filled with talk of a dirty politician, the Dirty Birds and the grand dame of dirt, the annual procession of animatronic intercourse known as Krewe du Vieux — which came early but we were totally OK with that. Also this week: New Orleans suffers residual effects of Bieber Fever.
Friday, January 18, 2013
Times-Picayune wins award for prison series produced by many laid-off journalists
Posted by Kevin Allman on Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 5:03 PM
It’s a bittersweet laurel for the T-P, which laid off nine of the 20 people involved with the story during its cutbacks last year — including managing editors Dan Shea and Peter Kovacs, graphics artist Ryan Smith, photographer Scott Threlkeld and reporter Jonathan Tilove (who is now at the Austin American-Statesman). Reporter Cindy Chang, whose byline appeared on most of the stories, now covers immigration and ethnic issues for the Los Angeles Times.
In an email, Shea told Gambit, “The work done by Cindy and her colleagues represents the best of what the Picayune used to be. It is tragic that while we were doing the final editing and designing to put the series in the paper, the secret meetings had begun to shift the emphasis of the newsroom to short online updates and sports and entertainment coverage. There are serious and talented journalists left at the Picayune, but they will face an uphill battle to try to do this type of work again.”
Chang told Gambit that part of the prize money received by the team will be donated to DashThirtyDash, the assistance fund for laid-off T-P employees.
Also set to be honored at the award ceremony next month: reporter, part-time New Orleanian and Treme creator David Simon, for his contribution to criminal justice journalism.
Monday, January 7, 2013
Y@ Speak: It's Carnival time
Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 10:24 AM
Phunny Phorty Phellows on their annual streetcar ride Uptown. #mardigras #nola yfrog.com/oc4xxkbzj
— Scott Satchfield (@Satchfield) January 7, 2013
Last night was the Epiphany, meaning Carnival is officially here — and as you start your morning over your daily breakfast of cafe au lait and beignets, it might be tempting to contemplate your fleeting New Year's resolutions as they give way to the endless parade of office kitchen king cakes, daydrinking and other Carnival vices. But instead distract yourself with tweets about New Year's, the 60 Minutes special on the Times-Picayune, Downton Abbey and more. You always have Lent to repent.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
VIDEO: 60 Minutes on cutbacks at The Times-Picayune
Posted by Kevin Allman on Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 6:50 PM
If The Times-Picayune was anticipating a negative piece about the paper's cutbacks on tonight's 60 Minutes — and it seemed like it was — it really had nothing to fear. Morley Safer's report — most of which was taped months ago — was a breezy, evenhanded look at the "digital transition" at the new NOLA Media Group.
It focused on New Orleans tradition both real and manufactured (beignets! Camellia Grill! conventioneer second-lines on Royal Street!) and made only general reference to the woes of the newspaper industry as a whole (no hard facts or figures), as well as glossing over last summer's protests against the paper's cutback. Mayor Mitch Landrieu, The New York Times' David Carr and T-P editor Jim Amoss were featured prominently, along with former T-P advisory board member Anne Milling (Milling stepped down quietly months ago), former columnist Lolis Eric Elie and Archbishop Gregory Aymond.
Safer made mention of the digital divide separating New Orleans' poor and disenfranchised communities, but they had no voice in the story. Also missing: the voices of the leaders of the protest against the paper's cutback, as well as former employees and groups like DashThirtyDash, the Times-Picayune Employee Assistance Fund.
What did you think of 60 Minutes' report?
Thursday, January 3, 2013
60 Minutes to air story about The Times-Picayune this Sunday
Posted by Kevin Allman on Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 12:11 PM
60 Minutes airs in the New Orleans market on WWL-TV on Sunday nights at 6 p.m.
Read Gambit's coverage of The Times-Picayune here.
EDITED TO ADD: CBS News has now posted a preview of the segment:
Friday, December 21, 2012
UPDATE: Life at The Times-Picayune
Posted by Kevin Allman on Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 5:14 PM
As the year wraps up, we will be updating several stories from 2012. In Parts I and II: Alex Woodward reported on the arson fire at the offices of Women With a Vision, as well as developments on Freret Street.
In Part III:
Throughout the year, Kevin Allman reported on the changes at The Times-Picayune and its online arm, NOLA.com, as the two became a new company, NOLA Media Group, under the watch of new publisher Ricky Mathews.
The Dec. 17 resignation of Lynn Cunningham, The Times-Picayune’s online editor — a veteran of the paper since 1977 and the right hand of editor Jim Amoss — was the cap on the paper’s most dramatic year in recent history as it launched into what was euphemistically known as “the digital transition.”
Monday, December 10, 2012
Roundtabling and logrolling
Posted by Kevin Allman on Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 2:41 PM
Corporate Realty newsletter, Sept. 6, "NOLA Media Group Leases Top Floors of One Canal Place":
Mike Siegel represented NOLA Media Group in its office space search and lease negotiations in One Canal Place, which is managed by Corporate Realty. “This is a significant lease that will establish a major presence for one of the leading businesses in our region in the Central Business District,” Siegel said. “It continues the momentum of leasing activity with another major company making a commitment to New Orleans, and especially to the CBD of New Orleans, on the heels of the recent GE and Ochsner announcements,” Siegel said.
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NOLA.com, Oct. 3, "NOLA Media Group signs long-term lease in downtown Baton Rouge":
Michael J. Siegel, president and director of leasing with Corporate Realty, said NOLA Media Group's commitment to Baton Rouge includes a long-term lease. The space will be gutted, then designed and constructed to best fit Nola Media Group's operational, aesthetic and technical needs. Siegel added that the build-out will be an asset to the building and to downtown. "This move, which has been in the works for the past six months, is a clear commitment by NOLA Media Group that they intend to invest in the communities they serve," Siegel said. "One American Place is a great location for them to implement and expand their Baton Rouge initiatives."
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NOLA.com, Dec. 9: "Meet The Times-Picayune/NOLA.com community Roundtable":
Publisher Ricky Mathews last week convened The Times-Picayune/NOLA.com Roundtable for its inaugural meeting. Fourteen leaders in business, health care, education, the arts and other arenas came together for a two-hour conversation about the issues they believe are most important for our region. There are 19 leaders in all who have agreed to be a part of the Roundtable, which will meet every other month.We believe these sessions will be invaluable to our work. We expect to gain insights we otherwise might not have. We expect to be prodded and, sometimes, chided. We expect input from Roundtable members to point us to compelling stories and inspire us to write editorials. And we expect our readers to benefit from the collective wisdom of this group. ...
Meet the members of the Roundtable ...
Mike Siegel, president of Corporate Realty in New Orleans. He chairs the board of Metairie Park Country Day School and is a board member of the New Orleans Museum of Art.
Monday, December 3, 2012
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