Our Mission & Vision
Lede New Orleans equips creative professionals from underrepresented communities, age 18-25, with skills, tools and resources to transform local media.
We envision a future where we’ve unlocked the potential of beaucoup creative minds and storytellers to eliminate information inequity and build stronger, civically engaged communities.
Our Values
Lede New Orleans is challenging the local narrative by re-imagining who gets to tell stories with and for New Orleans.
We work in solidarity with each other. We are honest about inequity and how it shapes our world, uplifting an approach to media that is led and informed by the people most impacted by historical and present inequities, including Black, Indigenous, People of Color and queer communities. We value reflection and we celebrate each other’s differences.
We believe in young people. We value the expertise young citizens bring to the table and show them respect by connecting them with high-quality training and work opportunities, and turning creative passions into lifelong skills and careers. We believe all people have the potential to drive change in their community with access to the right tools, resources and support.
We move at the speed of trust. We work to inspire trust in our community by making journalism that is accurate, truthful and independent. We are intentional about naming and holding space for what we do not know, valuing the process as much as the product.
We are deeply rooted in people and place. Community voice is the foundation of our storytelling and we strive to experiment with ways to make information and stories more accessible to the New Orleanians who they are about.