Contributors

Our contributors give Inside New Orleans its voice, its personality and its feel. Here we are proud to highlight a some of them so that you can put a face with a name and get to know them.

Leslie Cardé

Veteran journalist Leslie Cardé began her career reporting for NPR in Los Angeles. From there, she landed in New Orleans as an anchor/health and science editor before moving on to anchor three hours of daily financial news and host an entertainment show for CNBC. She’s reported from the Middle East for CNN, worked as a producer and narrator for E! Entertainment and wrote, directed and produced the award-winning documentary America Betrayed. Leslie currently writes for The New Orleans Advocate and Los Angeles Magazine. She is also a producer/reporter for CBS Newspath. In this issue, Leslie goes behind the scenes of Celebration in the Oaks on page 34, and pens IN Better Health on page 50.

Anna Tusa

Anna Tusa is the Director of Operations for Briquette, the Briquette Wine Room and New Orleans Creole Cookery. On page 62, Anna takes us on a holiday drinking-around-the-world tour.

Other Voices: Frank L. Aymami, III, Boone Clemmons, Leah Draffen, T. Charles Erickson, Melanie Langteau, Lorin Gaudin and Thomas B. Growden.