2026-03-12T10:55:14-07:00 2025-12-31 720535866 Pedelahore & Co LLP 3445 N Causeway Blvd Ste 300 Metairie LA 70002 990 2025-01-01 851432323 LEDE NEW ORLEANS INC LEDE 5044052637 309 SOUTH MURAT STREET APT B NEW ORLEANS LA 70119 JENNIFER LARINO President 2026-03-12 true Mary H Valigosky P01219725 5045228708 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z 309 SOUTH MURAT STREET APT B NEW ORLEANS LA 70119 263073 false X https://www.ledeneworleans.org/ Lede New Orleans is a community media hub that trains emerging Black and Brown storytellers,produces community-centered journalism, and creates trusted spaces for civic dialogue.Founded in 2020, Lede works to advance information equity in New Orleans by shifting whotells local stories and increasing access to accurate, contextual, and representative information. 8 0 0 5 0 653075 263073 0 0 0 653075 263073 0 0 302494 245458 0 0 180015 114495 482509 359953 170566 -96880 475715 378835 0 475715 378835 X Lede New Orleans is a community media hub that trains emerging Black and Brown storytellers,produces community-centered journalism, and creates trusted spaces for civic dialogue.Founded in 2020, Lede works to advance information equity in New Orleans by shifting whotells local stories and increasing access to accurate, contextual, and representative information. false false 289818 A NEWS INITIATIVE THAT BRINGS TOGETHER YOUNG ADULTS, JOURNALISTS AND ARTISTS TO PRODUCE EQUITABLE, COMMUNITY-DRIVEN MEDIA IN NEW ORLEANS. In 2025, Lede New Orleans focused the majority of itsCommunity Reporting Fellowship efforts on a comprehensive program redesign to better meetthe needs of emerging storytellers and the communities they serve.? Lede extended the fellowship duration from 16 weeks to up to 24 weeks to allow fordeeper skill-building, reporting, and editorial support.? The organization enhanced training and coaching infrastructure and leveraged grantfunding to engage experienced media professionals to lead key aspects of the program,including editorial workflow oversight by a Senior Editor.? These changes were designed to strengthen reporting quality, reduce time pressure onfellows, and align program pacing more closely with community-centered journalismpractices.Following this redesign, the Community Reporting Fellowship relaunched in September 2025with a cohort of five fellows.? Fellows are currently receiving training and producing original reporting focused on localhousing issues in New Orleans.? Training will conclude in March 2026, with stories scheduled for publication in spring2026.While the fellowship was undergoing redesign, Lede marked its programmatic legacy bypartnering with The Front Gallery to present Five Years Forward, a live public exhibithighlighting five years of Community Reporting Fellowship work.? The exhibit featured journalism produced by past fellows on topics including mentalhealth, food access, and Black maternal health.? This project celebrated the growth of emerging storytellers and highlighted the long-termimpact of community-based reporting in New Orleans. In 2025, Lede New Orleans expanded its publicengagement work by hosting four community events, engaging more than 225 New Orleansresidents through documentary screenings, panel discussions, and a public storytelling exhibit.? Events centered Black and Brown New Orleanians and created accessible, trustedspaces for civic dialogue and learning.? Evaluation data showed:? 75% of attendees reported learning new, useful information.? 50% of Community Reporting Fellows reported forming meaningful newcommunity connections through their reporting and public engagement work.This work was supported by a $75,000 grant from the Walton Family Foundation, awarded in2024, which Lede leveraged in 2025 to pilot new engagement models.As part of this investment, Lede launched Co-Lede, its first-ever community journalismcommunity of practice open to residents of all ages.? Through monthly sessions, participants explored issues affecting their neighborhoodswhile learning foundational journalism skills such as interviewing, fact-checking, andresearch.? Co-Lede expanded access to the information-making process and advanced Ledesvision of a participatory, community-powered local media ecosystem. In 2025, Lede New Orleans invested in organizationalstability and editorial quality by retaining and strengthening key program staff and contractorroles critical to its mission.? Lede retained core roles including its Fellowship Coordinator, Engagement Coordinatorand Operations Coordinator ensuring continuity in program design and support, and inadministrative and financial processes and oversight.? The organization hired a part-time Senior Editor to provide additional editorial oversightand strengthen the quality, accuracy, and rigor of content produced through theCommunity Reporting Fellowship.? Lede also engaged three professional mentors to support fellows reporting andmultimedia production, providing subject-matter expertise, coaching, and feedbackthroughout the fellowship cycle.These capacity-building investments strengthened Ledes ability to deliver high-qualityjournalism, support emerging storytellers, and sustain its programs with consistency and care. In November 2025, Lede piloted a new live storytelling event featuring five localspeakers sharing stories of home to an audience of more than 50 locals.? Lede was awarded a $100,000 grant from Press Forward in 2024, recognizing theorganizations role in addressing gaps in local news coverage and strengtheningcommunity-led journalism in New Orleans.? Lede and two of our fellowship alumni were featured on the Voices of I Am New Orleansaudio series funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.? 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