Behind The Lens

Behind The Lens


Latest Episodes

Behind The Lens episode 222: ‘A safe space’
December 08, 2023

The OPSB voted to close the Living School at an emotional December board meeting and the Buttermilk Drop scrambled to pay bills after its Uber Eats account was hacked.

Behind the Lens episode 221: ‘A force multiplier’
November 17, 2023

The Orleans Parish DA's office is using new predictive analytics software they say can help combat crime. Some critics are concerned. And annual A through F letter grades are in what that means for

Behind The Lens episode 220: ‘Mothers want their kids out of there’
November 10, 2023

This week on Behind The Lens, Jackson Parishs is housing kids awaiting adjudication in a detention center unlicensed to do so and state A through F letter grades are due out soon.

Behind the Lens episode 219: ‘A community that depends on us’
November 03, 2023

This week on Behind The Lens, a historic drought at the root of superfog causing a massive wreck on I-55 and small non-profit news outlets, like The Lens, speak up in the ever-changing media landsca

Behind The Lens episode 218: 'They need stability ... this does not bode well for that'
October 27, 2023

This week on Behind The Lens, a $9.5 million private security contract for Louisiana youth prisons raises eyebrows.

Behind The Lens episode 217: ‘Wetlands may be severed from that historic protection’
October 20, 2023

A new judicial interpretation of the Clean Water Act leaves more than half of the countrys 118 million acres of wetlands unprotected, including the swamps of Acadiana and key waterfowl habitat.

Behind The Lens episode 216: ‘It’s torturous’
October 06, 2023

This week on Behind The Lens, Calvin Cains died in police custody in June and his mother sought body camera footage from on-scene officers through a lawsuit. Those recordings, she hopes, can show her

Behind The Lens episode 215: ‘A striking shock contrast’
September 30, 2023

St. John the Baptist Parish residents fight the proposed construction of a large industrial size grain terminal, but they may now have some powerful allies.

Behind The Lens episode 214: ‘That doesn’t happen on this side of the river’
September 15, 2023

This week on Behind The Lens, a fire at the Marathon refinery in Garyville grabs attention across the river and region, a federal judge rules that officers violated no civil rights even if they drew g

Behind The Lens episode 213: ‘Kids in solitary confinement’
August 25, 2023

Youth being held on Angola's grounds continue to face challenges and officials have high hopes for a $2.9 billion diversion of the lower Mississippi River.