Local
Scales & Ales
Data News Staff Edited Report It’s time to get your tickets for the 10th Annual Scales & Ales Fundraiser on Friday, October 4th, at Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, where partygoers can support sharks – […]
News
Editorials
Queen Sugar Episode Spotlights New Orleans HBCU
Tykiera Haley Data News Weekly Contributor The two-part season finale of the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series Queen Sugar saw Micah West, played by Actor Nicholas L. Ashe, inform his mother Charley (played by Dawn […]
National
Black Press of America Awards Courageous Leaders
Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent With a lively and capacity crowd inside the Renaissance DC Downtown Hotel in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Sept. 12, National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin […]
Local
Sewerage and Water Board’s Ghassan Korban Proposes ‘Stormwater Fee’ to Pay for Complete Overhaul of Drainage System
Eric Connerly Data News Weekly Contributor The Executive Director of the Sewerage & Water Board (S&WB), Ghassan Korban believes it’s time for the citizens of New Orleans to pay a drainage fee. He’s said his […]
Local
Making A Difference Beyond Anything Expected
Caitlyn Summers B.A.E. (beyond anything expect) was an event recently held at the New Orleans Downtown Holiday Inn by a group of inspirational local leaders who told their back stories on how they grew up […]
Local
RTA Service Enhancements Begin This Month
Data News Weekly Staff Edited Report NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) riders this month began experiencing more frequent service in New Orleans East and Algiers, and enjoying extra hours of operation […]
Entertainment
Snoop Dogg: NFL Owners have Slavemaster Mentality. I Would have Settled for $1 Billion
Ann Brown Writer, Moguldom.com Snoop Dogg recently appeared on “The Breakfast Club” Radio Program and weighed in on the Jay-Z-NFL partnership, among other things. During the interview, Snoop first addressed the Colin Kaepernick and said: […]
News
Earning His Wings: Celebrating the Life of Pilot Franklin Augustus
Data News Weekly Staff Edited Report NEW ORLEANS — A memorial service was held to honor the life of trailblazing pilot Franklin Augustus drew hundreds of people that included family, friends, colleagues and City leaders […]
Local
The Rashaad Evans Foundation Hosted its Second Media Camp
R. Evans On August 17, 2019, The Rashaad Evans Foundation hosted its Second Media Camp. The event featured seven panelists from different industries discussing their journeys to their perspective careers. The panelist explained how […]
Local
Efforts of Grace, Inc. Announces Appointment of Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes as New Executive Director for Ashé Cultural Arts Center
Data News Staff Edited Report NEW ORLEANS, LA. — Ashé Cultural Arts Center’s Board of Directors, Efforts of Grace, Inc., is pleased to announce the appointment of Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes as the new Executive […]