Turning the Tide: Weathering Katrina
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Tulane University Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine - Diboll Auditorium
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Hear from Times-Picayune journalists who refused to leave New Orleans when the Storm hit. They will share what they experienced, and then wrote about, after Hurricane Katrina.

Turning the Tide is a panel conversation between these Times-Picayune journalists:

  • Trymaine Lee
  • Doug MacCash
  • John McCusker
  • David Meeks
  • Michael Perlstein
  • Terri Troncale 

This conversation will be co-facilitated by Terri Troncale and Norman Robinson, Broadcast Journalist, Marine Corps and New Orleans musician, CBS White House correspondent, beloved community member.

The Times-Picayune won two Pulitzer Prizes in 2006 for its coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, including a gold medal for meritorious public service.

The New Orleans Public Library, in partnership with the Tulane University Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine will host this event in the Tulane University Auditorium. The Katrina exhibition, Operation Dream: A Futurespective for New Orleans, Another 20 Years Post Katrina, opening Friday, July 25 (Opening Reception) will run through November 7 in the Diboll Gallery, adjacent to the auditorium. Turning the Tide attendees will be able to view the exhibition on the evening of the Panel Conversation.