“Prophet of Katrina” stays put

Times-Picayune’s ace environment reporter sticks with Nola Media Group

By Curtis Brainard   Jun 22, 2012 at 06:50 AM

The man The New York Times called “a prophet of Katrina’s wrath” for his prescient coverage of New Orleans’ vulnerability... More

The Advocate raids the Picayune

Major defections from the New Orleans paper intensify a newspaper war

By Ryan Chittum   May 8, 2013 at 04:36 PM

I wrote this last week about the South Louisiana newspaper war: "It will also not have a hard time poaching... More

Another A1 Times-Picayune press release

This time the publisher takes to the front page, eliding the gutting of his newsroom

By Ryan Chittum   Jun 20, 2012 at 06:50 AM

Not content with dominating the Times-Picayune's front page on Thursday with a press release from its editor, the paper ran... More

Audit Notes: New Orleans newspaper intrigue, NYT numbers, CNET

The Manships are in talks about selling The Advocate

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 29, 2013 at 06:50 AM

Baton Rouge's Manship family threw a wrench in the Newhouses' plans for the Times-Picayune when they launched a daily New... More

David Simon, creator of The Wire and Treme, on the Times-Picayune cuts

By David Simon   May 25, 2012 at 11:09 AM

It's grievous what is happening to regional newspapers, especially. But the whole industry will continue to collapse until everyone swallows... More

Heresy on the bayou (updated)

Times-Picayune drops its restaurant critic

By Brent Cunningham   Jun 13, 2012 at 10:43 AM

More than the news that it would no longer publish every day; more than the rumor that those left in... More

How to worry about a clicks-driven Times-Picayune

A departing reporter’s worst-case fears

By Sarah Carr   Jul 20, 2012 at 06:50 AM

If clicks drove coverage at The Times-Picayune in New Orleans —a more realistic prospect than it’s ever been—what kind of... More

New Orleans and the future of news

Media policy matters, and journalists ought to weigh in

By Josh Stearns   Jun 7, 2012 at 06:50 AM

Last week’s announcement that the New Orleans Times-Picayune would be slashing its staff and cutting its print run to just... More

New Orleans gets a new Reporter

NewOrleansReporter.org is one of several news initiatives that will pick up the slack in a post-daily Picayune world

By Sara Morrison   Jul 30, 2012 at 12:30 PM

News-hungry New Orleanians, take heart: The hole in the city's news scene the cuts to the Times-Picayune's newsroom and print... More

New Orleans meets the Hamster Wheel

The fall of the Times-Picayune

By Ryan Chittum   Jun 14, 2012 at 06:50 AM

The gutting of New Orleans beloved Times-Picayune and Advance Publications' plan to turn it into a sort of major market... More

The Louisiana newspaper war

The Advocate picks up 23,500 readers in less than three months in New Orleans

By Ryan Chittum   Dec 21, 2012 at 06:50 AM

The Baton Rouge Advocate is making a run at a weakened Times-Picayune in New Orleans. The paper, which started a... More

The Sometimes Picayune

Want to damage New Orleans (again)? Decimate its newspaper

By Harry Shearer   Jun 6, 2012 at 06:50 AM

Here, for your reading pleasure, are two familiar cliches: 1. New Orleans is a unique city. 2. The newspaper business... More