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This is one of several Solutions Journalism stories published through a Grady capstone course that reported on housing issues during the fall of 2018. Being able to fix one part of a problem doesn’t mean being able to fix everything. Catherine Garrett, the director of rapid re-housing at Project Safe, helps…

A local high school football player missed a second straight season due to injury. Ben Noland, a safety and wide receiver for Oconee County High School, tore his ACL for the second time in two consecutive seasons this year.   They’re called “two-way” players, and as Tyler Donaldson explains, coaches…

This is one of several Solutions Journalism stories published through a Grady capstone course that reported on housing issues during the fall of 2018. Comprised of 42 area congregations representing a wide variety of faith backgrounds, the Interfaith Hospitality Network of Athens (IHN) unites the city’s religious under one common goal—housing…

Robert H. Durham Jr., a 59-year-old veterinarian at Durham Veterinary Clinic, might as well have milk in his blood. For three generations, the Durham family has looked after the cows of Greensboro, Georgia. But as the nation’s dairy industry enters its fourth-year of declining milk prices, farm work has begun…

High school and college athletes face unique challenges. University of Georgia students Katie Morrison and Rodrigo Blankenship bring you an inside look at those challenges and the pressures “Beyond the Lines.”   PART 1 Part 1 explores the challenges student-athletes face in two different sports: high school football and collegiate…

Many believe people should invest in more sustainable practices for the sake of our planet. What it really means to be ‘sustainable,’ however, is less clear. “Sustainability is probably one of the most overused words. Most people just throw it around,” said Jack Crowley, a professor in the University of…

This is one of several Solutions Journalism stories published through a Grady capstone course that reported on housing issues during the fall of 2018. Andrew Wilkin is the executive director of Bigger Vision Community Shelter in Athens, Ga. He’s also the man who started the shelter’s new program called Abundant Life. The…

When artists set foot on The 40 Watt Club’s stage, washed in hues of green and white, they bring with them more than beats and bars. They bring the baggage from recent headlines addressing another black child shot. They bring a fever for equity, reparation and for acknowledgement of the…

Every building has a history, and in the case of one staircase, it also has a ghost story. The Stairway to Nowhere is an architectural anomaly that can be found in Joseph E Brown Hall, originally built in 1932 as a men’s dorm on the University of Georgia campus. I…

Located on the edge of Downtown Greensboro, Georgia, Oconee Brewing Company has been open since May 2017. The brewery is owned by Taylor Lamm, a master brewer and University of Georgia graduate. Taylor Lamm grew up in Augusta, Georgia with his mother, father, and two sisters. After working as a…