By: E&P Staff Clancy and Margo DuBos, who co-own the New Orleans-based Gambit Weekly, say the newspaper will be back in print on November 1. "There was never a nanosecond of doubt that we were coming back," Clancy explained in a statement.
Hurricane Katrina left the Gambit's office submerged under more than two feet of water.
"We're about to celebrate our 25th anniversary [at the paper]. How could I work that hard and get the company where it is and walk away from that? It was just unfathomable to me to try and comprehend," said Margo DuBos.
An article posted at the Association of Alternatives Newsweeklies said:
"Six weeks after the storm, Gambit is well on its way to reestablishing itself. A new temporary office space has been secured in Metairie, just four miles from the business' permanent location. Computers have been moved in, assessed for damage and put in working order, and the first full staff meeting was held on Monday. Things will have to move slowly, but Margo says she anticipates the unique energy of a newsroom that's just beginning to come to life....
"Indeed, life inside the Gambit office will be quite different than it was prior to Katrina. Perhaps the biggest change will be that less than half of the paper's former employees will return to work as a result of personal decisions as well as fiscal considerations. Displaced by the storm, some staff members have made the difficult decision to move on. 'There are some who will not be able to come back, but that's understandable,' explains Clancy, 'A catastrophe of the proportions of Katrina throws people in the air. People have to adjust, and they are adjusting.'"
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