This fall a series of long form news pieces about Louisiana's coast have appeared in various national media. The New York Times, New Republic magazine, Medium.com, and ProPublica, together with The Lens all covered different aspects of coastal erosion.
As part of WWNOs coverage of coastal issues, we wanted to see how these stories were received, and what the impact of them might be. Coastal reporter Jesse Hardman sat down with Nola.com/The Times-Picayune environmental reporter Mark Schleifstein to take a look at this national coverage. Hardman started by reading an excerpt from Bob Marshall's report titled "Losing Ground":
Support for WWNO's Coastal Desk comes from the Walton Family Foundation, the Greater New Orleans Foundation, and the Kabacoff Family Foundation.