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ANNOTATED: Athens Bookstore Files First Amendment Rights Lawsuit
Doing Journalism

ANNOTATED: Athens Bookstore Files First Amendment Rights Lawsuit

 On March 15, Avid Bookshop filed a lawsuit against the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Department, claiming that the jail’s policy blocking unauthorized retailers from sending books to inmates violates the bookstore’s First Amendment rights. I’m Chloe Savan, and I met with Lucy Bertsch and David Eberly, two Grady Newsource reporters…
Counting the Cost of Curls: Black Women at UGA Talk About Responses, Resources for Hair
Athens-Clarke County

Counting the Cost of Curls: Black Women at UGA Talk About Responses, Resources for Hair

  For Black women in America, the stakes are higher when embracing your natural curls, it simply costs more — financially and professionally.  “What I have noticed, specifically being in Athens, is that the Black hair care products are more expensive than what I’m used to in Atlanta,” Kelsey Lawrence,…
The Lead: Scripps News’ Alexandra Travis on Telling Black Stories on Screen
Doing Journalism

The Lead: Scripps News’ Alexandra Travis on Telling Black Stories on Screen

Alexandra Travis works to tell stories that have gone uncovered. As a documentary producer at Scripps News, she creates long-form, in-depth video journalism focusing especially on the experiences of Black people in the South. In this episode, Alexandra — who’s also a Grady College alum — talks about what it…
UGA Theatre Department Showcases New Student Production
Athens-Clarke County

UGA Theatre Department Showcases New Student Production

On a brisk February night, the unfamiliar melody of a song drifts through the bottom floor of the University of Georgia’s Fine Arts Building. A minute later, several voices rise in harmony from the rehearsal room down the hall. Wyn Alyse Thomas, a UGA theatre student, and the cast of…
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