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Lede New Orleans Lede is a community media hub transforming how journalism serves the people of our city.

We do that by training emerging Black and Brown storytellers, amplifying stories that respond to local needs, and fostering trusted spaces for civic discussion.

Meet our 2026–27 Community Reporting Fellowship cohort! 🎉We’re happy to welcome six emerging storytellers who are ready ...
10/14/2026

Meet our 2026–27 Community Reporting Fellowship cohort! 🎉

We’re happy to welcome six emerging storytellers who are ready to explore the people, experiences, and issues shaping New Orleans.

The fellows will be guided by mentors Jen Larino and Drew Hawkins in writing, Lemar Arceneaux in photojournalism, and Keva Peters in video journalism.

✍🏽 Writing
Kaylin Ambrose
Melody Daniels

📸 Photojournalism
Adia Fienagha
Ja’Laina Roberson

🎥 Video Journalism
Ori Wilson
Jada Woods

Help us welcome our newest fellows! We can’t wait to see the stories they create.

We’re excited to welcome our 2026-27 Community Reporting Fellowship Cohort!These emerging storytellers will develop thei...
10/14/2026

We’re excited to welcome our 2026-27 Community Reporting Fellowship Cohort!

These emerging storytellers will develop their skills while reporting on the people, experiences and issues shaped around New Orleans and living with water. The cohort will be guided by mentors Jen Larino, Drew Hawkins, Lemar Arceneaux and Keva Peters.We are excited to begin this new season at Lede New Orleans.

Writing
Kaylin Ambrose
Melody Daniels

Photojournalism
Adia Fienagha
Ja’Laina Roberson

Video Journalism
Ori Wilson
Jada Woods

Please join us in welcoming our newest Community Reporting Fellows! We look forward to sharing their stories and following their growth throughout the fellowship.

10/08/2026

What does it mean to remember intentionally?

During Part III of our ask me to remember workshop series, participant Deborah Alvarenga reflected on how photographs and digital archives allow us to hold pieces of our lives—and the lives of those who came before us.
From the pictures stored on our phones to the materials preserved at home, our personal archives help keep family histories growing for generations.
Join us tonight at 6 p.m. for ask me to remember: Preservation in the Face of Climate Change. Together, we’ll explore how we preserve our stories and connection to New Orleans amid a changing climate.

📍 Greenhouse Workspace | 4157 St. Louis St.
🕕 Tonight, October 8 | 6–8 p.m.
Archiving kits and guidance on preserving digital memories will be available!

Preserving our stories is part of caring for the places we call home.Join Lede New Orleans for our next ask me to rememb...
09/28/2026

Preserving our stories is part of caring for the places we call home.

Join Lede New Orleans for our next ask me to remember workshop, where we’ll be talking about how to protect and preserve your stories and memories in the face of climate change. Bring your photos, documents, or keepsakes, and get practical tips for preserving them in New Orleans and its changing environment.

We’ll also have free archiving kits and guidance on digital preservation tools and techniques .

Register on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ask-me-to-remember-preservation-in-the-face-of-climate-change-tickets-2002073611065

09/25/2026

An archive can live in a song, a place, or a story passed from one person to another.

This summer, Lede New Orleans collaborated with the Preservation Hall Foundation and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists Conference to explore how New Orleans preserves its stories through memory, place, and music.

Our time together took us from Preservation Hall to Congo Square and back for a private performance, connecting conversations about archiving with the living musical traditions that carry our city’s history.

Thank you to the musicians, archivists, and NAHJ journalists who participated and shared their stories. You helped us reflect on what it means to care for the people and places that sustain New Orleans culture.
Watch our recap below. 🎺

09/22/2026

What does sacrifice look like beyond the battlefield?

In “Purple Heart,” Lede New Orleans Senior Video Journalist and Mentor KAP explores the parallels between soldiers and young Black men affected by gun violence, and how both experiences are shaped by loyalty, trauma, survival and brotherhood.

Using archival footage from the year following Hurricane Katrina, the film follows artist Kenneth Brother as he returns to his former home, remembering what was once there and confronting what is now gone.
Watch the film and read Peters’ reflection at the link in our bio.

09/22/2026

What does sacrifice look like beyond the battlefield?

In “Purple Heart,” Lede New Orleans Senior Video Journalist and Mentor Keva Peters Jr. explores the parallels between soldiers and young Black men affected by gun violence: two groups shaped by loyalty, trauma, survival and brotherhood.

Through archival footage from the year following Hurricane Katrina, the film follows artist Kenneth Brother as he returns to his former home and reflects on what once stood there, and what has since been lost.
Watch “Purple Heart” and read Peters’ reflection: https://www.ledeneworleans.org/stories/purple-heart

Musicians’ Village was created after Hurricane Katrina to help New Orleans musicians and culture bearers return home. Ne...
09/16/2026

Musicians’ Village was created after Hurricane Katrina to help New Orleans musicians and culture bearers return home. Nearly 20 years later, some residents are once again facing displacement.

Lede New Orleans Senior Reporter and Mentor Drew Hawkins examines the sale of the Village’s rental properties, the rent increases that followed and the failed promises of long-term housing stability for the people who make New Orleans what it is.

This story was published in partnership with Antigravity Magazine. Read more:
https://www.ledeneworleans.org/stories/musicians-village

Homes are available across Uptown New Orleans, but who are they available for?Photographer Lemar Arceneaux, senior photo...
09/02/2026

Homes are available across Uptown New Orleans, but who are they available for?

Photographer Lemar Arceneaux, senior photojournalist and mentor with Lede’s Community Reporting Fellowship program, documents three homes in different conditions: recently built, recently vacated, and recirculated in disrepair. Together, the images reveal a familiar cycle in which properties continue to change hands without creating lasting stability for the people who live here.

See the photos and read Arceneaux’s perspective: https://www.ledeneworleans.org/stories/available

Every family has something worth preserving.During the latest workshop in our *ask me to remember* community learning se...
08/10/2026

Every family has something worth preserving.

During the latest workshop in our *ask me to remember* community learning series, participants explored the foundations of physical archiving, learning practical ways to care for photographs, letters, recipes and other treasured family keepsakes.

Together, we reflected on why preserving these everyday objects helps protect the stories and memories that connect generations. Each workshop attendee received their own archiving kit to take home and continue the work of building their personal archive.

We appreciate everyone who joined us and shared pieces of their personal histories. Special thanks to archivist Felli Maynard ( Photofelli ) for facilitating the learning space and our program partners at Preservation Hall.

We look forward to continuing this journey together!

📸 Photos by Lavonte Lucas

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