Riches to Rags –

Feb. 18, 2018 – One of the great and humbling things about journalism in the digital age is being able to see at any given moment exactly how many people your journalism is reaching. Humbling because sometimes an important piece of reporting fails to reach the audience you think it deserves, sending you back to the drawing board. Great because other times, a story that you care deeply about touches more people in more places than you ever dreamed possible. That’s what happened to “The Search for Jackie Wallace.” In case you missed it – and it was hard to miss – “Search” told the story of a New Orleans hometown football hero who played in two Super Bowls before his addiction to alcohol and drugs left him homeless and living under an Interstate 10 overpass. That’s where recently retired NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune photojournalist Ted Jackson first stumbled across Jackie Wallace, sleeping on a cardboard box with a Times-Picayune Sports section by his side…
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