For the last few months I have been working on a project to create an online data driven investigative news source. I have been incubating this under the umbrella of The New Orleans Institute and we have been making some steady progress to that end.
Last week we were chosen by the Zeitoun Foundation to be one of the local non profits who will share in the proceeds of the book.
This TP article provides some details.
Since the Zeitouns live very close to me and their office and storage building was right down the block next to the Carrollton/Pritchard Place fire I was very interested to read about Zeitouns experience during the flood and his fears as he watched the fire from the roof of his car port where he was camped out. If that fire had jumped Fig St his building would have been torched and the contents would have fueled a fire ball.
In many ways the fire at Pritchard Place and Carrollton inspired me to start cataloging what was left. The intense feelings of loss that I got each time I drove home through the charred remains of what had been a vibrant block was a driving force for me as I tried to remember what had been..
photo by The Third Battle
Read more here about the book and Daves plan for a newspaper LINK
4 responses so far ↓
liprap // Jul 19, 2009 at 6:03 pm
Mazel tov on the Zeitoun Foundation proceeds! It’s a good, good book as well.
Sophmom // Jul 20, 2009 at 10:17 am
Congratulations, Karen, on being chosen. There’s been great national buzz about Eggers’ book. I can’t wait to read it.
Suspect Device: The Blog » Roundup // Jul 21, 2009 at 8:59 am
[…] Save Charity Hospital finds evidence of journalists doing their jobs: Hazy Memories — Officials Pass Buck On Charity Closure Decision. Probably just an anomaly. (Aside to Jerry Jones: how’s that bus look from underneath, dude?) Good news from Karen Gadbois: For the last few months I have been working on a project to create an online data driven investigative news source. I have been incubating this under the umbrella of The New Orleans Institute and we have been making some steady progress to that end. […]
Ricardo // Jul 29, 2009 at 10:13 am
I would venture to say that this book will sell well if it is available at RT IV.
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