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Hurricane Katrina

Tommy Tiser

By Steven A. Chin

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KATRINA, RITA AND THE HOUMA
ABOUT THIS SPECIAL REPORT
  • "Katrina, Rita and the Houma" special report is the product of a new reznet project, in which journalism students — Mary Hudetz, a Crow reporter from the University of Montana, and Martina Rose Lee, a Navajo photojournalist from Arizona State University — are teamed with veteran professional journalists — Victor Merina, a former Los Angeles Times investigative reporter, and multimedia journalist Steven A. Chin — to produce an in-depth story on a complex issue of importance in Indian Country.

Tommy Tiser, a fisherman living in Plaquemines Parish, says he doesn’t earn enough from his catch to make a living like he did before storms. In Katrina’s aftermath, he has shared a FEMA trailer with his girlfriend, Pamela, and three grown children, and lived without a car in an area where businesses and services are scarce. Asked how he gets around, Tiser pointed to a blue bicycle kept near his broken-down car.

Steven A. Chin is reznet's managing editor. A former new media specialist at the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education and former reporter at the San Francisco Examiner, Chin is principal of MKmedia, a web development consulting firm.

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