Evans Cutchmore Press is an independent publication dedicated to thoughtful journalism with context. We cover the people, ideas, policies, businesses, history, and events shaping Louisiana, the Gulf South, and beyond.
Our reporting isn't limited to a single beat. Some days we're at City Hall. Other days we're exploring infrastructure, entrepreneurship, culture, science, education, or the stories that connect communities to the world around them.
If it's meaningful, interesting, or helps readers better understand the world they live in, it's worth covering.
Our Approach
We believe journalism should do more than tell people what happened. It should explain why it matters.
Our reporting is grounded in curiosity, accuracy, and public service. We strive to provide clear context, thoughtful analysis, and reliable information that helps readers understand complex issues without telling them what to think.
Whether covering a government meeting, a neighborhood initiative, a business opening, an environmental project, or a cultural event, our goal is the same: to produce journalism that informs, connects, and encourages informed civic participation.
We believe independent journalism plays an essential role in preserving the public record, documenting our communities, and helping people make sense of a rapidly changing world.
Government and Accountability
We cover local and state government, public agencies, legislative proceedings, public meetings, elections, public finance, procurement, ethics, and the implementation of public policy. Our reporting examines how government decisions affect residents, businesses, and communities.
Recent reporting:
- Who Decides If Your Child Gets an Amber Alert? In New Orleans, the Answer Should Alarm You.
- They're Redrawing the Map. Literally.
- New Orleans Has a Plan for 6,500 Adjudicated Properties. It Needs One for the Families Who Held Them.
- The Other Ledger: What Essence Fest Owes New Orleans Before It Asks for More
Infrastructure and Environment
We examine the systems that support our communities: transportation, public works, water and sewer, flood protection, coastal restoration, environmental policy, and housing.
Recent reporting:
- The Louisiana International Terminal, Explained. A $1.8 Billion Bet on the River, and the Fight Over It.
- New Orleans East Gets Two Investment and Job Corridors. Here Is What the Plan Includes.
- The Ground Beneath Our Feet Is Talking. Is Anyone Listening?
- SB228 and SB268: Why Louisiana Finally Took a Step Toward Solving the Lead Pipe Problem
- New Orleans Approved Fortify NOLA. Now the Work Is Getting It to the People Who Need It.
Coastal Louisiana
We cover coastal restoration, land loss, flood protection, and the long-term question of what stays and what goes.
Recent reporting:
- A New Study Says New Orleans Should Plan to Relocate. Here Is the Argument, and the Local Response.
- The Thin Line Between Home and Water: Why the East Orleans Landbridge Restoration Matters
Business and Economic Development
We report on the industries, investments, and public decisions that shape regional economic opportunity: ports, freight, manufacturing, workforce, and small business.
Recent reporting:
- The Louisiana International Terminal, Explained.
- New Orleans East Gets Two Investment and Job Corridors.
- SBA and USDA Sign MOU to Combat "Lawfare"
Culture, History, and Preservation
We cover the people, institutions, and traditions that carry this region's memory, and the public decisions that determine what survives.
Recent reporting:
- Before the Wrecking Crews: Remembering Kevin Joseph Mosley
- New Orleans Was First. That Should Mean Something.
- In New Orleans, the House Is Not Just a House
Investigations and Special Projects
Some stories require deeper reporting. Through public records research, documentary storytelling, aerial documentation, and long-form analysis, we examine complex issues with lasting public significance.
The Promise of Protection is a feature documentary in production examining the long-term impact of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on New Orleans communities, told through the Industrial Canal's 1923 opening, Hurricane Betsy in 1965, and Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Recent reporting:
Our Commitment
Our reporting is guided by curiosity, evidence, and the public interest. We seek to explain complex issues clearly, verify information thoroughly, and present stories with fairness and context.
Whether covering a government meeting, a business initiative, an infrastructure project, or a cultural event, our goal remains the same:
To produce independent journalism that helps people understand the decisions shaping their communities while making government more transparent, accessible, and accountable.