Behind The Lens

Recent Episodes

Behind The Lens episode 147: The case-to-quarantine ratio

Posted October 22, 2021 • 00:31:06

School quarantines underreported due to data error. Cantrell's plan for tens of millions in federal COVID relief. And an update in the case of Brandon...

Neighborhoods Watched: A discussion with the reporters

Posted October 21, 2021 • 00:47:54

Reporters Michael Isaac Stein and Caroline Sinders talk about their five-part series on surveillance in New Orleans.

Behind The Lens episode 146: A parole board matter

Posted October 15, 2021 • 00:35:00

An Angola prisoner says his parole was revoked illegally.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

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

Posted October 8, 2021 • 00:21:47

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...

Behind The Lens episode 144: Real subpoenas

Posted October 1, 2021 • 00:31:40

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...