Jason Berry

Jason Berry is an investigative journalist and documentary producer. His new film, “City of a Million Dreams,” based on his recent book of the same title, uses jazz funerals as a lens on New Orleans history.

Edwin Edwards

The Grim Legacy That Edwin Edwards’s Obit Writers Left Out The Grim Legacy That Edwin Edwards’s Obit Writers Left Out

The four-time Louisiana governor is instead remembered for having said that he’d lose his election if he were “caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy.”

Aug 6, 2021 / Jason Berry

Rolling the Dice at the ‘Times-Picayune’ Rolling the Dice at the ‘Times-Picayune’

The beloved New Orleans daily is profitable and has enviable market penetration. So why is it moving to three-day delivery?

Jun 11, 2012 / Jason Berry

The Shame of John Paul II: How the Sex Abuse Scandal Stained His Papacy

The Shame of John Paul II: How the Sex Abuse Scandal Stained His Papacy The Shame of John Paul II: How the Sex Abuse Scandal Stained His Papacy

The pope failed to take decisive action in response to clear evidence of a criminal underground in the priesthood.

Apr 27, 2011 / Feature / Jason Berry

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