Story by Jacklyn Leo, freshman at Lusher Charter High School Most Jazz Fest stories are about the best music, shop, or food to experience, but one thing people tend to overlook is the people working the booths. When you go to Jazz Fest all you… Read More »Behind the Scenes at Jazz Fest: the perspective of a first time food vendor
Story by Jacklyn Leo, freshman at Lusher Charter School. Photos by Derek Dunbar, junior at St. Augustine High School. Last Monday was Lundi Gras 2019, one of the biggest parties of the season, even though people don’t hype it up as much as they do… Read More »Lundi Gras 2019 Recap: Bigger and better than ever
Story and photos by Jacklyn Leo, freshman at Lusher High School The Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus is a parade made for nerds, by nerds where even the parade escorts get in on the fun by wearing red shirts as an homage to Star Trek. Created… Read More »Parade? Community? It’s both! Chewbacchus takes the streets
Story and photos by Ava Nicol, Isabella Brown and Jacklyn Leo As we walked in, our hearts beating fast from excitement, we see a bunch of people lining up to get through security and to get their wristbands. The happiness radiating from the crowd was… Read More »Wizard World: A welcoming community of cosplayers
Story by Jacklyn Leo, freshman at Lusher High School This weekend the Broadway show Rock of Ages stopped in New Orleans and played at the Mahalia Jackson theater on its 10th anniversary tour. The show was written by Chris D’Arienzo and follows the story of… Read More »Rock of Ages: The wittiest rock show on the scene
By Jacklyn Leo, freshman at Lusher Charter School “FRENCH”, originally titled “Les Blue Blanc Rouge de Mes Cheveux” (translated to the ‘blue white and red of my hair’) is a beautifully made film with an excellently expressed message that resonates with a lot of people.… Read More »FRENCH Film: Teenager’s struggle with identity crosses borders
By Jacklyn Leo and Taylor Pittman. With Guest Photographer Scott Anderson, www.anderson.camera Although it isn’t quite Mardi Gras yet, there are still plenty of events around New Orleans to hold you over. One of those events in particular was the Krewe of Jingle parade held… Read More »Krewe of Jingle rings in the holiday season
JRNOLA reporters Jacklyn Leo, Taylor Pittman, and Ava Nicole recall their coverage of City Park’s Scream Park at Scout Island this past weekend.
By Jacklyn Leo Every Friday night, the Microsoft store at Lakeside mall hosts an event geared towards the youth of New Orleans. A group of kids ranging from 6-13 gather to participate in a relatively new trend called E-gaming tournaments. More specifically, a Fortnite tournament.… Read More »Fortnite Friday Round Up
Stay tuned for coverage throughout the year from our 2018/2019 class of JRNOLA writers, photographers, and all-round great kids. Ava Josephine “AJ” Nicol, was born on a sunny, magnificent day on January 14, 2003 to her amazing mother Elizabeth. She is 15 years old and… Read More »MEET THE 2018/2019 JRNOLA TEAM… AS OF WEEK 2