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Carolyne Heldman

Executive Producer at The Lens

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  • 3 weeks ago | thelensnola.org | Carolyne Heldman

    This week on Behind The Lens, the largest new delta in North America is forming through a naturally occurring sediment diversion on the Mississippi River. Scientists there say the land-building power of the channel can be seen right under their feet.

  • 1 month ago | thelensnola.org | Carolyne Heldman

    This week on Behind The Lens, the Calcasieu river’s ongoing pollution, on top of decades of hazardous waste dumping, earned it a top 10 slot on American Rivers’ 2025 list of most endangered rivers. The Orleans Parish School Board heard a settlement offer from the City of New Orleans in a years-old tax lawsuit. The school board contends the city has illegally skimmed millions of tax dollars from schools.

  • 1 month ago | thelensnola.org | Carolyne Heldman

    This week on Behind The Lens, a court order last year mandated some protections for incarcerated men at Angola who work the Farm Line for little or no compensation in the brutal summer heat. In response, state officials made few meaningful improvements to conditions. This summer, newly instituted policies could make things even worse.

  • 1 month ago | thelensnola.org | Carolyne Heldman

    This week on Behind The Lens, the Louisiana Department of Education and Orleans Parish School Board have asked a federal judge to release them from a decade-old decision forcing them to operate under a consent decree which was instituted on behalf of special-education students who weren’t receiving proper services in the early days of New Orleans’ charter school system.

  • 2 months ago | thelensnola.org | Carolyne Heldman

    This week, two St. James Parish residents who recently wrote a piece for the Lens on their families’ deep roots in the region and how local histories like their own are threatened by the oil, gas, and petrochemical industries.

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