Andrea Miller (PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia) is the Huie-Dellmon Professor and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University.
Amy Reynolds (PhD, University of Texas at Austin) is the Thomas & Darlene Ryder Distinguished Professor and Director of the Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs in the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University. She has written and edited seven books including Terrorism and the Press: An Uneasy Relationship (Peter Lang, 2008).

Contents: Amy Reynolds: A Symbiotic Relationship: How Changes in Journalism, Technology, and Public Life Impact Each Other - Jinx Coleman Broussard/Benjamin Rex LaPoe: A History of the New Orleans Times-Picayune - Andrea Miller: The Importance of Local News in Tragedy - The Gulf Coast's Dual Disasters and Beyond - Jerry Ceppos: How We Got Here and What It Means for New Orleans News Consumers - Amy Reynolds: Economic Models and Business Strategies for the Digital Media Environment - Paromita Saha: An Ecological Perspective on the Evolution of New Orleans' News Media - Chris Roberts: Meanwhile, in Alabama: Cuts and Hiring, Consolidation and Expansion - Andrea Miller/Young Kim: Is Digital Content Better? - Lance Porter: Digital, Social and Mobile: The Multiplatform News Future of New Orleans - Nicole Smith Dahmen: Photojournalism in the Digital Age - Amy Reynolds/Lindsay M. McCluskey: Government and the Digital Fourth Estate.