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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
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... more »
posted 07/14/17

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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: Childhood trauma focus of new billboard, public awareness campaign
This story was produced as part of a project for the Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism, a program of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism.