Jonathan Bullington

I've been a reporter for more than a decade, both for the Chicago Tribune and now the Times-Picayune in New Orleans, where I'm the public safety editor. My work focuses on issues of criminal justice, from a family whose chance at justice for their murdered loved one was washed away in Katrina, to how stolen firearms fuel street violence in New Orleans. I was a 2017 National Fellow and collaborated with my colleague, Richard Webster, on a project that explored the impact of chronic trauma on children growing up in Central City, a crime-ridden New Orleans neighborhood.

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Health Equity & Social Justice

Children & Families

Community & Public Health

The story behind 'The Children of Central City'

How does exposure to violence affect innocent young bystanders? What lasting damage does it cause? The Times-Picayune debuts an ambitous new series.

Community Safety

Food pantry in New Orlean's Central City

Reporting on children living in New Orleans' 'Triangle of Death'

Times-Picayune reporter Jonathan Bullington offers a behind-the-scenes look at his reporting with colleague Richard Webster on the trauma experienced by kids growing up in New Orleans' "Triangle of Death."

For children growing up in New Orleans’ ‘Triangle of Death,’ the dangers take many forms

Hurricane Katrina forced New Orleans' remaining gangs into the Central City neighborhood. With this mass concentration of drug traffickers came a bloody turf war, near-daily shootings and a rising body count.

Community Safety

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Jonathan Bullington

Articles

The story behind 'The Children of Central City'

Reporting on children living in New Orleans' 'Triangle of Death'

For children growing up in New Orleans’ ‘Triangle of Death,’ the dangers take many forms