The Times-Picayune is the city's leading newspaper. Other periodicals originating from New Orleans are the Clarion Herald, Gambit (covering local politics, dining and entertainment), Offbeat, a free monthly music magazine, Naval Reservist News, and Louisiana Weekly and New Orleans Data News Weekly (both covering the African American community). Trade and university papers, scholarly journals, and quarterly publications are also published in the "Crescent City."
Five television stations broadcast in New Orleans. Four are affiliated with the national networks, and one is a public television station. Talk shows, gospel music, news, religion, and contemporary music head the programming of the 19 AM and FM stations in the New Orleans area.
Media Information: New Orleans Time-Picayune, 3800 Howard Ave., New Orleans, LA 70140; telephone (504)826-3300
City of New Orleans Home Page. Available www.cityofno.com
The Greater New Orleans, Inc. Available www.norcc.org
Individual public school report cards. Available www.doe.state.la.us/DOE/asps/home.asp?I=REPORTC
Louisiana Bureau of Tourism and Travel. Available crt.g2digital.com
New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau. Available www.neworleanscvb.com
New Orleans Public Library. Available www.gnofn.org/~nopl
Kennedy, Richard S., ed., Literary New Orleans: Essays & Meditations (Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1992)
Rice, Anne, The Feast of All Saints (New York: Ballantine Books, 1992)
Sexton, Richard, New Orleans: Elegance and Decadence (San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1993)
Young, Andrew, An Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America (New York: HarperCollins, 1996)
Note: This profile of the city of New Orleans was updated prior to August 2005, when Hurricane Katrina caused severe damage to the Gulf Coast region of the United States. The long-term impact of Katrina on New Orleans is unknown at the time of publication.