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NOLA Life Stories

Mark Schleifstein On Reporting And 'Restoring What Should Be'

By Joe Shriner,
Mark Cave
Published May 2, 2026 at 4:43 PM CDT
A New Orleans newspaper stand holds copies of the August 27, 2012 edition of the Times-Picayune, newspaper published on August 27, 2012 featuring a cover story by Mark Schleifstein.
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A New Orleans newspaper stand holds copies of the August 27, 2012 edition of the Times-Picayune, featuring a cover story by Mark Schleifstein.

Award-winning environmental journalist Mark Schleifstein wrote for the Times-Picayune for four decades before retiring in 2024. Coming of age in Washington D.C. during the Watergate era, he developed an early and enduring passion for the reporter's craft. The Historic New Orleans Collection spoke with Schleifstein about his career informing the public in this edition of NOLA Life Stories.

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Joe Shriner
Joe Shriner is an independent radio producer and audio engineer in New Orleans.
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Mark Cave
Mark Cave is an oral historian and senior curator at the Historic New Orleans Collection.
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