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Day 7: Nola 

Met with the local online news center. Had a discussion with a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist about ecological issues affecting the gulf coast around Louisiana.  

Long day of Learning

After a long day talking to ecologists, lawyers, and journalists we ended with a bang at Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse!  

Art

You find these amazing chandeliers all over New Orleans Louisiana.
Aka NOLA.

Meeting Mark  Schleifstein, NOLA.com

Today we were lucky enough to meet with Mark, an environmental reporter for NOLA.com: New Orleans’ leading website for news and information. He runs their hurricane blog and is solely responsible for reporting news related to all things environmental, weather, levee, and hurricane related.  See his blog here.  He predicted a hurricane with devastating effects like […]

Po’ Boys and Music Talk

Posted from Fresno, California, United States.

Thanks Mark for the talk! It was great to get an inside look at how a record label is operated in New Orleans. And deep fried pickles are my dream food.