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The Heart of Louisiana
Heart of La: the hummingbird lady
There are some places in south Louisiana where even on the coldest days of the year, the hummingbirds are buzzing Video Video
Heart of La: North Shore Cajun dancers
20 years ago, Bill Weissborn didn't know how to dance. Now at age 79, he's the teacher as couples show up at the Abita Springs town hall anxious to experience the joy of cajun dancing Video Video
Heart of La: swampland inspires Houma musician
It was the swamp that always inspired Houma musician Tab Benoit to write and sing his cajun blues. Video Video
Heart of La: Orphan Trains
It was a bold plan to find homes for tens of thousands of orphans from the streets of New York City. Video Video
Heart of La: Acadian Christmas
An authentic Acadian village that mixes music, Cajun French, and a half-million lights Video Video
Dave McNamara



Dave McNamara has more that 30 years of experience in broadcasting. Before starting a production company in Phoenix, AZ in 2006, Dave worked as a reporter at a local television in New Orleans for 16 years. His feature stories, investigative reports and live coverage of breaking news have earned numerous awards at the local, regional and national level.

Dave has been a go-to reporter for live coverage of Gulf Coast hurricanes from Andrew in 1992 through Katrina in 2005. He covered the standoff in Waco, the bombing in Oklahoma City, the 2000 Presidential Election controversy in Florida, and the meeting of American Catholic Cardinals at the Vatican.

Beyond the hard news, Dave has developed series of feature stories that spotlighted the unique places, people and history of New Orleans and Louisiana. Years before Hurricane Katrina, Dave was reporting on the disappearing wetlands of coastal Louisiana and the increasing vulnerability of New Orleans to a catastrophic hurricane.

In 2003, Dave produced an hour-long documentary on the Mississippi River, introducing local television viewers to the history, people and places that are part of the great river from its headwaters in Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. The River Story earned both a national Telly Award and a regional Emmy. Other reports and features were awarded regional and national Murrows and a Peabody.

Dave owns and manages Bayou Digital Media LLC, a Baton Rouge video production company.  You can reach Dave by e-mailing him at dmcnamara@fox8tv.net or heartoflouisiana@fox8tv.net.




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