Journalism: Projects: N.M. Sheriffs in New Orleans
Less than a week after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005, a contingent of sheriffs deputies and firefighters from Bernalillo County, N.M. arrived in New Orleans to assist in law enforcement and rescue operations. Albuquerque Tribune writer Ollie Reed and I reported, in daily installments, about their time there.