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The children of New Orleans’ Central City were finally getting the attention they needed — then reporters lost their jobs
posted 05/19/2020
"Momentum seemed to be building. And then … nothing."
A lucky break after long hours for two reporters' series on childhood trauma
posted 11/16/2018
The team tells how they wrapped their arms around a huge story: the impact of violence on children in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in one of the country’s most violent cities.
Reporting on children living in New Orleans' 'Triangle of Death'
posted 01/23/2018
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
posted 07/14/2017
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.

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The children of New Orleans’ Central City were finally getting the attention they needed — then reporters lost their jobs
"Momentum seemed to be building. And then … nothing." more »
posted 05/19/20
A lucky break after long hours for two reporters' series on childhood trauma
The team tells how they wrapped their arms around a huge story: the impact of violence on... more »
posted 11/16/18
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... more »
posted 01/23/18

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Project: Pincus Family Foundation gives $500,000 grant for Tulane program aimed at curbing New Orleans violence
Tulane University announced Wednesday that the Pincus Family Foundation, a nonprofit created in 2005, awarded a $550,000 grant to the school to create an interdisciplinary program aimed at preventing the violence that plagues New Orleans' streets.
Project: The Times-Picayune wins National Press Foundation award for ‘Children of Central City’
“The Children of Central City,” a NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune multimedia series examining the long-term impact of trauma on New Orleans’ children, has won the National Press Foundation’s Carolyn C. Mattingly Award for Mental Health Reporting.
Project: New Orleans City Council urges schools to address trauma in student lives
The New Orleans City Council unanimously approved a resolution calling for the city's public and private schools to address the role of trauma in the lives of their students.