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A report on Spike Lee's film on Katrina
July 12, 2006
One might not like what Spike Lee has to say." And some believe he is wrong, when he has referred to bombing of levees to get rid of black people in New Orleans and in this case, perhaps "dead wrong." Still, with his fame, it is worth considering his epic HBO documentary "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts." (more)

BestofNewOrleans.com

Katrina Troika
August 1, 2006
Three new books on the storm offer keen insights into Katrina, its impact and New Orleans' prospects. (more)

BestofNewOrleans.com

NOPD Blues
August 1, 2006
In the wake of Katrina, stressed-out cops do their best to maintain their sanity -- but cops and therapists alike say it's not easy.(more)

Colorlines

Looking for Common Ground: Covering Katrina and its Aftermath
Spring 2006
If Congress' current proposals for immigration reform pass this year or next, would they help the immigrant workers now doing reconstruction on the Gulf Coast? (more)

New America Media (formerly New California Media or NCM) & UCLA Center for Communications and Community (C3)

Lessons of Katrina
October 27, 2005
A look at how Americans view race, poverty, global warming and the government response to disaster in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Based on a multilingual poll conducted by New California Media by Bendixen & Associates, this posting includes an executive summary of the report and a NCM/C3 forum on the poll results.(more)

New America Media

Treated Like Trash
May 9, 2006
New Katrina Report Reveals 'Dickensian' Abuse of Incarcerated Youth Also use New America Media search to find other Katrina articles.(more)

New Orleans Independent Media Center

It has a number of community-based stories (more)

Pacific News Service

Katrina's Forgotten Victims
September 11, 2005
Native American Tribes Also use Pacific News Service search for other Katrina articles. (more)

The Plaquemines Gazette

This weekly in Plaquemines parish, Louisiana, suspended publication for seven months after Hurricane Katrina but is back in operation and online.(more)

Audio

Up Front Radio

Hurricane Katrina Impact A Special Live Edition (audio)
September 3, 2005
An audio report on the impact from a black perspective.(more)

New Orleans Independent Media Center

NO residents in the rebuilding New Orleans (FSRN)
October 29, 2005
While the rebuilding of New Orleans is costing the government billions of dollars, few locals – particularly poorer African American residents – are being employed for reconstruction. Christian Roseland talks with labor and community leaders about why those in need of work in New Orleans are not the ones getting it.(more)

New Orleans Independent Media Center

Bring New Orleans Back Final Meeting
March 25, 2006
Audio file 24 minutes, 9.7 mb, 56 kbps
Mayor Ray Nagin laying out his blueprint for rebuilding New Orleans, accepting most of the recommendations of the blue-ribbon Bring New Orleans Back commission.(more)

New Orleans Independent Media Center

Katrina Survivors and Supporters March in DC Against Evictions
March 15, 2006
Several hundred Katrina survivors and supporters marched in Washington DC to oppose today's EVICTION deadline.(more)

New Orleans Independent Media Center

New Orleans Lays in Ruins Since Months After Hurricane Katrina
March 4, 2006
The six-month anniversary since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans coincided with Mardi Gras. The city remains in ruins while locals wait for public officials to come up with a plan to help them rebuild their homes.(more)

New America Media

Voices From the Storm
September 9, 2005
A sampling of stories and voices from the nation's ethnic media on ordinary men and women whose lives were upturned in an extraordinary week. This is one in a series of storm survivor narratives.(more)

New America Media

Ethnic Communities Rally to Help Katrina Survivors Pacific News Service
September 7, 2005
Ethnic media across the country are tracking an outpouring of support for the various ethnic communities devastated by Hurricane Katrina. (more)

Immigrant Workers in New Orleans

November 10, 2005
Audio File 3 minutes, 56 seconds
Labor officials estimate that undocumented immigrants are the largest group being employed in the rebuilding of New Orleans, and that these workers' rights are being routinely and systematically violated. Christian Roselund reports fromNew Orleans. (more)

Housing Developments Still Closed

Housing Authority of New Orleans Creates New Rules
February 22, 2006
Audio File 3 minutes, 40 seconds
The Housing Authority of New Orleans put forth new rules this week, defining who can return to the city's housing developments. Six months after Hurricane Katrina, only a small number of housing development residents have been allowed back, and critics say that the Housing Authority isn't working hard enough to bring back the people who it served. FSRN's Christian Roselund is in New Orleans, and spoke with public housing residents. (more)

Start of Hurricane Season

New Orleans Levees Not Ready for Hurricane Season
June 1, 2006
Audio File 2 minutes, 50 seconds
Today marks the official start of the hurricane season and the city of New Orleans does not have levees sufficient to protect it if another major storm hits. Yet hundreds of thousands of people have moved back to New Orleans, and more say that they are coming back. Christian Roselund files this report. (more)

FSRN OPP Abuses

Abuses in Orleans Parish Prisons
November 1, 2005
Audio File 3 minutes, 20 seconds
Prisoners locked up in New Orleans are saying that their human and civil rights are being abused at a newly re-opened section of the Orleans Parish Prison. Inmates and legal aid workers allege that those inside the recently opened central lock-up facility are being denied access to phones, lawyers and clean water, and are being beaten and held in filthy condition. Christian Roselund reports from New Orleans. (more)

Gretna Bridge Crossing

Activists March over Mississippi River Bridge
November 11, 2005
Audio File 2 minutes, 52 seconds One hundred local and national activists crossed the Mississippi River Bridge from New Orleans to Gretna yesterday, to commemorate those who were stopped and shot at by Gretna Police when attempting to escape on that very bridge during post-Katrina flooding. Maybel Leibenthal reports from New Orleans. (more)

Blogs

Anderson@Large

The 'New' New Orleans
May 22, 2006
Perspectives and links on Katrina (more)

Anderson@Large

Bridge Over Troubled Water
April 3, 2006
Perspectives and links on Katrina (more)

Anderson@Large

Telling Our Story
September 27, 2005
Perspectives and links on Katrina (more)

Anderson@Large

September 6, 2005
Perspectives and links on Katrina (more)

Beyond Katrina: The Voice of Hurricane & Disaster Recovery

August 21, 2006
A blogger syndicator on Katrina (more)

Blogger Report: Low-Power Radio Suppressed in New Orleans

November 15, 2005
A blog report with archives of blogger's past postings. (more)

Looking Back: Hurricane Katrina Blogging

July 31, 2006
The 2006 hurricane season started in June and we have been lucky this summer with only two named storms so far. Last year we were not so lucky. Brian pointed out in his photo blog on Flickr the work he did on the Slidell Hurricane Damage blog last year after Katrina struck the Gulf Coast and I thought it might be interesting to take a look back at our disaster blogging efforts.(more)

Metroblogging New Orleans

Written from the perspective of people who live, work, and play here every day, New Orleans is one of over forty five (and growing) blogs in the globe-spanning Metroblogging network. (more)

Sliddell Hurricane Damage Blog

July 31, 2006
Brian Oberkirch, our CEO, is from a small town just outside of New Orleans called Slidell.  Both he and his wife were raised in the area, have parents living there, and have friends and relatives devastated by the hurricane.  Everytime Brian and I would talk he was telling about the lack of news from the area.  He had little tidbits, but no one had the full story.(more)

Video

Katrina Relief Efforts

September 13, 2005
A video report on relief efforts.(more)

New Orleans Independent Media Center

New Orleans East
March 12, 2005
Video is 23 MB and 9 minutes
New Orleans East is a large part of New Orleans that was totally flooded and devastated by Hurricane Katrina. This video documents some of the stories and the relief efforts of Resource Action Group.(more)

New Orleans Independent Media Center

Universal Human Rights: Public challenges Impending New Orleans Elections & Human Rights
March 4, 2006
Video is 27.5 MB and 11'30 minutes QT
On Saturday, April 1 2006, several thousand people marched across the Mississippi River Bridge from the Convention Center in New Orleans to Gretna, Louisiana to protest human rights abuses that occurred following hurricane Katrina and the upcoming mayoral elections on April 22.(more)

New Orleans Transformational Voices

No Landfill! New Orleans Begins Dumping Millions of Tons of Hurricane Debris in New Orleans East May 17, 2006 Video is 13 MB and 8 minutes
This is a VIDEO tour of the Bayou Sauvage and Chef Mentuer Landfill Site against the new illegal dumping of millions of tons of hurricane debris, plus views of the May 10 rally against the landfill at City Hall.(more)

YouTube

The Case for Rebuilding New Orleans: We Live Here by Edward Holub Journalist provides a montage of community images and voices. (more)