Army Corps hired PR firm to improve its image

 After the levees broke in New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers quietly hired a public relations firm called Outreach Process Partners (OPP). OPP was hired under a 3-year contract to ostensibly improve the federal agency’s image. This small firm was paid $1 million up front and, over the next three years, received another […]

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The ten most poorly-reported stories in American journalism

One of the most poorly covered stories in American journalism history is Hurricane Katrina and the levee breaches. This is according to W. Joseph Campbell in his book Getting it Wrong: Ten of the Greatest Misreported Stories in American Journalism. Says Campbell, the news coverage of the storm, the levee breaches and the aftermath was […]

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Levees.org logs its one millionth view

On Monday, April 6, 2020, the Levees.org website attained the magic number – one million views! Created on December 3, 2005, the site was originally intended as an educational tool to help the national population understand that the flooding of New Orleans in August 2005 is due to federal levee building mistakes on the part […]

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