Nicholas St. Fleur said his eyes were opened when a high-magnitude earthquake struck his parent’s homeland of Haiti in 2010. Soon after, Mr. St. Fleur enrolled in a communications class, received an A on his first assignment and realized he could turn writing into a career.
Community members rally to defend a health-care safety net for New Orleans’ poor. The program, called the Greater New Orleans Community Health Connection, offers primary, behavioral and mental health coverage to more than 53,000 low-income residents across the city. That aid will end if the state doesn’t provide the program with $4 million by August.
Raymond Weber, an uninsured New Orleans drummer, does not qualify for Medicaid, but also makes too much to afford Obamacare. He is one of thousands of New Orleans musicians who find themselves caught in the “sacrifice zone.”
A meteor shower made a less than dazzling debut near New Orleans early Saturday. People across the area couldn’t see much, despite hopes that the display might be spectacular enough to be seen even among the city’s bright lights.
A stray bullet changed Ja’Pheth Toulson’s view of journalism when it killed a young boy. His coverage of the story gained national attention, but Mr. Toulson’s main goal is to write pieces that are “a stepping point for change.”
Sade Strehlke started her journalism career as a sofa fashionista, covering New York Fashion Week from her apartment in Beverly Hills, Calif. Ms. Strehlke hopes to learn to report the vivid details that will take her readers to the runway.
The New York Times Student Journalism Institute in New Orleans for 2014 is now concluded. We will resume in May 2015 in Tucson, Arizona.
Julia Craven went to Tulane University looking for a controversy. What she found was a young custodial worker with a phenomenal story.
The National Weather Service of New Orleans/Baton Rouge issued a flash flood watch Wednesday afternoon remaining into effect through Thursday evening.