Behind The Lens

Behind The Lens


Latest Episodes

Behind The Lens episode 146: A parole board matter
October 15, 2021

An Angola prisoner says his parole was revoked illegally. An explainer on school COVID data. And a plan to give civilian municipal employees limited police powers.

Behind The Lens episode 145: ‘It’s like we’re in a holding pattern’
October 08, 2021

Lens reporter Nicholas Chrastil and Al Jazeera Fault Lines producer Jeremy Young talk about the case of Brandon Jackson and the ongoing impacts of the state's former split jury law.

Behind The Lens episode 144: Real subpoenas
October 01, 2021

A settlement in a suit over conditions on death row. And OPSB is asking to subpoena financial records in an ongoing legal dispute with Singleton Charter School.

Behind The Lens episode 143: ‘For now, there’s nowhere to go’
September 24, 2021

Entergy faces questions from the council. Some schools have reopened after the storm. A ‘gritty reality series’ in the New Orleans jail angers some civil rights advocates. And immigrants face steep ob

Behind The Lens episode 143: ‘For now, there’s nowhere to go’
September 24, 2021

Entergy faces questions from the City Council. Some schools have reopened after the Ida closure. A 'gritty reality series' in the New Orleans jail angers some civil rights advocates. And immigrants f

Behind The Lens episode 142: ‘Due to storm activity in your area’
September 10, 2021

The power situation in New Orleans and beyond. Stories of evacuees. How jails, and people inside, have done after the storm. And when schools are coming back.

Behind The Lens episode 141: ‘I’m looking forward to some ice cream’
September 03, 2021

Lens co-founder Karen Gadbois talks about her Ida week.

Behind The Lens episode 140: ‘Ready to host’
August 20, 2021

New Orleans & Co. pulls its national tourism ad campaign. A car chase initiated by a state trooper leads to a crash in Lakeview. And a dramatic increase in cases and quarantines among city students an

Behind The Lens episode 139: ‘We don’t have much good news today’
August 13, 2021

A spike of COVID cases in prisons. City schools report 116 cases, hundreds of quarantines. And a potential ban on some political contributions for City Council candidates.

Behind The Lens episode 138: ‘It’s something we don’t have a specific copy of’
August 06, 2021

Live outdoor music in question as city delays action on zoning, noise. A rise in COVID cases in prisons leads to reopening of quarantine facility. And many New Orleans high school students will have t