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Black Journalists Discuss Importance of Diversifying Newsrooms

Athens-Clarke County and the surrounding counties are diverse areas that are served by only ...

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Enterprising Solutions: Local Paper Builds, Benefits from Facebook Boom

Ian Allen · Enterprising Solutions: Local Paper Builds and Benefits from a Facebook Boom ...

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Flying Biscuit Cafe Opens in Athens During Pandemic

  The Flying Biscuit Cafe is now open in Athens at 1180B Prince Ave. ...

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A Makeshift Memorial
A makeshift memorial outside the RaceTrac station at 7921 Macon Highway in Watkinsville on March 23. A gunman killed Racetrac employee Elijah Wood in the early morning hours of Friday, March 19, which caused increased activity in the Oconee County 411 Facebook group.  (Photo/Olyn Gee)

Facebook Local News Groups Work To Inform, Engage Residents

In the early morning hours of March 19, a gunman killed 23-year-old RaceTrac employee ...

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Georgia Renewable Power’s emissions drift over Colbert, Georgia’s landscape in November 2019. Their Madison County biomass plant has drawn attention for its regular burning of creosote-treated railroad ties. (Photo Courtesy/Mark Adams)

How Madison County Residents Successfully Lobbied Legislators Over Pollution Concerns

  The law-altering conversations about air pollution in Georgia did not originate in the ...

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Clubhouse Atlanta: Combatting Unemployment Through Community-Based Approach

Whether it is due to stigma, a past criminal record or debilitating symptoms, people ...

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How One Atlanta News Station Is Fighting Against Fake News

Virtually any question can be answered in seconds. Mobile phones, computers and tablets have ...

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This is an example of the type of the type of Instagram posts Decker would make to encourage voter participation. Photo Courtesy/ Jack Henry Decker

How Digital Campaigning Increased Georgia Voter Participation

  968,420 more Georgia voters showed up to the polls in the 2020 elections ...

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Climate Change Causing Global Rise in Temperatures, but Northeast Georgia Farmers Aren’t Feeling Effects — Yet

  When Chris and Rhonda Luther planted their first blueberry bush in 2007, neither ...

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Jeremy Johnson’s screenshot from March 9, 2021 features an example of a typical Twitter timeline for him.

Social Media Expands Opportunities In Sports News Industry

Long before Wes Blankenship was hosting a podcast for the University of Georgia Athletic ...

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Local Media Weighs In On Emerging News Media Models

For local news organizations, being engaged with the local community is essential to finding ...

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Newspaper stands located at the University of Georgia. Image was taken on March 2, 2020.(Graphic/Dalia Perez)

Journalists Of Color Discuss Disparity In Latinx Coverage For Northeast Georgia, Nationwide

Whoa, what do you mean by others?” This is the question that came to ...

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