Seeking the truth about New Orleans and Gulf Coast reconstruction

When I heard about Chartreuse’s quest and commitment to find the truth in post-Katrina New Orleans, I thought this was an excellent opportunity put the power of true citizen journalism further into action. This is new media in its finest element. Know More Media (the company I work for) has committed various resources to support this effort – including this blog – and it has been a whirlwind process, made possible through the power of new media.

In a mere ten days, the following has been accomplished:

• Chartreuse announced the intention of the trip
• Know More Media, the Blog Herald, and the Blogging Times joined the effort in support
• Chartreuse found and chose the members of the main Team New Orleans to be sent
• the funds for the trip were secured, and all travel and lodging arrangements nailed down – arriving Mon Aug 14
• Know More Media created, designed, and launched NewOrleansTruth.com
• Local New Orleans bloggers (NOLA bloggers) have been invited to join the blogging efforts on NewOrleansTruth
• interviews with Team New Orleans were initiated
• part of our Know More Media team met with Chartreuse and Loren in Los Angeles (see photo)
• a press release on the effort has been written and scheduled for release via PRWeb.com on Tue Aug 15, to bring wider exposure to the conditions in New Orleans

I understand that this blog is not the first of its kind to bring exposure to what’s really going on in New Orleans. Other great NOLA bloggers have been talking about it for months, to name just a few:

• GentillyGirl
• Mark of WetBankGuide (check out his list of NOLA blogs and resources)
• Maitri (check out her list of NOLA blogs and resources)
• Powers and Morrison’s RSS feed of NOLA bloggers
• ThinkNOLA
• Slate