Angus Lind’s column in The Times-Picayunedocumented things that he described as, “a little offbeat”: people, places and events that gave New Orleans its local color. But that didn’t come until later in his career. When he got started in the early 1970s as a young man, Angus was a general-assignment reporter who cut his teeth on a series of tragic events within a single calendar year.
Luckily, Angus' job became increasingly less stressful and lead to a long career at The Times-Picayune, which he eventually retired from in the summer of 2009. This interview was conducted by historian Mark Cave for The New Orleans Life Story Projectat The Historic New Orleans Collection.