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News crews in New Orleans, LA

Breaking news coverage, live shots, ENG crews, and news photography across the Greater New Orleans area, dispatched through our Las Vegas assignment desk, 24/7.

When news breaks in New Orleans, newsrooms across the country need broadcast-quality video fast, and a crew they can trust to get the shot. Live Core Productions keeps experienced news photographers and videographers available in New Orleans, Louisiana, ready to roll on breaking news, live shots, and scheduled assignments.

Our New Orleans coverage includes breaking news response, ENG crew day rates, news photography for wire and digital, and full field production with editing. Live shots are supported end-to-end: bonded cellular transmission, IFB and return video, and crews who treat a live window as sacred.

News Production Services Available in New Orleans

  • Breaking News Coverage
  • Live Shots & Live Segments
  • ENG Crews for Hire
  • News Photography
  • Video Production & Editing
  • National Assignment Coverage

The assignment desk is live 24/7 at 707-940-LIVE. Call, or send a request and we will confirm your New Orleans crew within minutes, not hours.

Where the news happens in New Orleans

In New Orleans the assignments cluster around New Orleans City Hall and the Orleans Parish criminal courts, the Hale Boggs Federal Building, and the Caesars Superdome and the French Quarter, and our photographers have shot at all of them. From the French Quarter, the Central Business District, the Warehouse District, the Garden District, and Mid-City to the outer suburbs of the Greater New Orleans area, we know the drive times, the media staging areas, and who to call for access.

Scheduled coverage and events in New Orleans

Scheduled coverage in New Orleans includes press conferences, trials and hearings, campaign stops, sports and entertainment at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, the Caesars Superdome, and the French Quarter, commencements and campus stories at Tulane University, Loyola University New Orleans, and the University of New Orleans, and the planned events that fill a rundown. We shoot to your style guide, deliver b-roll, VOSOTs, or full packages, and return the raw media the same day.

Live shots from New Orleans

Live shots from New Orleans are supported end to end: LiveU and TVU bonded cellular, IFB and return video, satellite coordination when a story calls for it, and a photographer who treats a live window as sacred. We have hit windows from the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, the Caesars Superdome, and the French Quarter and from scenes with no infrastructure at all.

Capabilities

Available in New Orleans

SPOT

Breaking News Coverage

Spot news photographers and video crews dispatched the moment news breaks (fires, crime scenes, severe weather, and major incidents) with broadcast-ready footage moved fast.

LIVE

Live Shots & Live Segments

Reliable live signals from the field for hits, MOS, and full live segments, with bonded cellular, satellite coordination, and experienced field crews who know a live window is non-negotiable.

CREW

ENG Crews for Hire

Professional electronic news gathering crews (photographer, audio, and field producer configurations) available for day rates or multi-day assignments in 100 U.S. markets.

STILLS

News Photography

Award-caliber news photographers for stills that tell the story (spot news, courts, politics, sports, and features) delivered to wire, print, and digital newsroom specs.

PKG

Video Production & Editing

Full-service field production and post (packages, VOSOTs, interviews, and long-form) shot and cut by editors who work to broadcast standards and station style guides.

MULTI

National Assignment Coverage

One call covers the country. Trials, press conferences, elections, disasters, sports, and entertainment, with coordinated multi-city coverage through a single Las Vegas-based assignment desk.

Questions

Booking coverage in New Orleans

How fast can a crew be on scene in New Orleans?

For breaking news in New Orleans we dispatch immediately and typically have a photographer rolling within the hour, with an ETA confirmed by the desk before you hang up. Scheduled coverage can be booked at any notice.

Can you do live shots in New Orleans?

Yes. Our New Orleans crews carry bonded cellular transmission with IFB and return video, and we coordinate satellite when needed. We can support a single hit, multiple hits across a newscast, or a continuous feed.

What do you deliver from a New Orleans assignment?

Whatever your newsroom needs: raw b-roll and interviews, cut VOSOTs, or complete packages, shot to broadcast standards and your style guide, delivered by FTP, cloud, or direct feed the same day.

Who do I call to book coverage in New Orleans, LA?

The assignment desk at 707-940-LIVE, 24 hours a day, or the crew request form on this site. One call books the crew, the gear, and the live capability, and you receive one invoice.

The desk is live 24/7

News breaks fast. Book your crew faster.

One call to our Las Vegas assignment desk puts photographers, ENG crews, and live capability on your story in 100 U.S. markets.