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Evans Cutchmore is a media outlet covering policy, workforce development, education, reentry, and community affairs. Our journalism focuses on the people, legislation, and institutions shaping life in Louisiana, with particular attention to communities underrepresented in mainstream coverage.

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Evans Cutchmore Press is an independent digital newsroom dedicated to helping people better understand government, public policy, and the decisions that shape their communities.

Our reporting focuses on local, state, and federal government with an emphasis on transparency, civic engagement, infrastructure, public meetings, and public records. Rather than simply reporting headlines, we provide context that helps readers understand what happened, why it matters, and how they can participate in the public process.

Our coverage includes:

  • New Orleans City Council and local government

  • Louisiana state government

  • Federal policy impacting Louisiana and the Gulf South

  • Infrastructure and public works

  • Elections and civic participation

  • Investigative and accountability reporting

  • Government 101 educational explainers

As part of The Couvent Collective ecosystem, Evans Cutchmore Press reflects our belief that informed communities make stronger decisions. Access to accurate, fact-based information is essential to economic development, entrepreneurship, and civic leadership.

the promise of protection

The Industrial Canal has run through the heart of New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward for over a century. The Army Corps of Engineers is currently proposing a $4.7 billion lock replacement project that would bring 14 years of construction to the neighborhood beginning in 2033.


The project has a benefit-cost ratio of 1.03. 97% of the vessels that transit the lock do not stop in New Orleans. Community organizations have been raising questions about the project for 30 years.


The Promise of Protection is a documentary currently in production examining the history of the Industrial Canal, its impact on the Lower Ninth Ward across sixty years, and the questions surrounding the federal government's current proposal.

Directed by Kim M. Braud

An Arabesque Media Production, Produced by Evans Cutchmore

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  • City of New Orleans

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  • Industrial canal lock project

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