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Jan 18, 2012 12:59 PM
NOLA Defender

Edgy arts and culture coverage for a cultural mecca
By Erik Shilling
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA — After scraping by in New York City for several years as a freelance journalist and screenwriter, in early 2009 Ben Mintz was offered the chance to live in New Orleans for three months to work on a script. Like many before him, he was seduced by the storied city and decided to stay permanently. But Mintz still missed some of the...
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Mar 29, 2012 02:02 PM
Silicon Bayou News

News for (and by) the New Orleans tech scene
By Evan Simko-Bednarski
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA — In March 2011, Zachary Kupperman, a New Orleans attorney with an interest in tech startups, attended New Orleans Entrepreneur Week, an annual convention of business leaders and entrepreneurs. For Kupperman, co-founder of websites such as PolicyPitch.com, a site where users can submit public policy ideas and track state and local legislation, the convention was an acknowledgment of the strength...
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Mar 24, 2011 12:20 PM
The Lens

Investigative reporting on The Big Easy
By Brendan Buhler
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA — Launched in January 2010, The Lens is an eight-person nonprofit investigative news website partnered with weekly papers and a local television station in New Orleans. The site aims to fill the gaps that are no longer being covered by New Orleans's cash-strapped traditional news operations. Right now, The Lens's goal is to produce big, investigative stories every two weeks, and...
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Mar 27, 2013 10:43 AM
Uptown Messenger

Hyperlocal news for a neighborhood in New Orleans
By Meredith Qualls
NEW ORLEANS, LA — Robert Morris began his career in print journalism, working for a string of weekly and daily newspapers before deciding he needed a change. "I liked journalism and I liked my job and I really liked the people I worked with, but it seemed like such a long road to be a 28-year-old reporter watching the newspaper industry shrink," he says. <!--...
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