Solutions Journalism
Solutions Journalism is rigorous reporting on responses to social problems. The Solutions Journalism Hub of the South, housed at UGA’s Cox Institute, trains students to tell “the whole story” by applying the same investigative and thorough reporting skills to ways in which people and organizations are responding to the challenges and obstacles in our communities.
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Athens Alliance Prepares to Open ACC-Funded Houseless Encampment
In August 2021, the Athens-Clarke County Mayor and Commission approved the opening of a government-sanctioned houseless encampment behind the former North Athens School on Barber Street. Since then, the county government has been working with the local non-profit that will serve as encampment’s operator, Athens Alliance Coalition (AAC), to create…
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More Than Books: Libraries Are Community Centers
The automatic sliding doors open with a whoosh. Books are neatly stacked on the hold shelves, waiting for readers to come and retrieve them. The stairs take you up to rows upon rows of books of all different sizes, some skinny, some wide, some heavy tomes. Bright lights illuminate…
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Local Health Experts Expect More Severe Flu Season
Local health experts are concerned that we are entering a potentially severe flu season. After a slow 2019-20 flu season, the typical barrier of natural immunity may not be as strong. The 2019-20 flu season started with a slow increase of cases in the fall, a growing number in November…
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Digital Debris: How an App Is Changing the Trajectory of Athens’ Litter Abatement
Take a walk around your neighborhood: maybe to the closest busy intersection, maybe on the trail behind your house. What do you see? Likely, litter. Nearly eight billion people inhabit the Earth, so it’s difficult not to become desensitized to the growing presence of chip bags, plastic bottles and cigarette…
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New E-Vehicle Charging Stations Unveiled at Classic Center: Bringing Modernity to a Historic City
The Classic Center in Athens, Georgia, unveiled three new charging stations this Wednesday for e-vehicle owners to take advantage of while driving through downtown. Back in 2015, an e-vehicle charging station was installed on Thomas Street. Now, the Classic Center has installed three more charging stations in the parking lot in…
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Morgan County High School Teacher Implements Sustainability into Agriculture Curriculum
Rachel Kinsaul is currently in her sixth year of teaching agriculture classes at Morgan County High School. She chooses to implement sustainable agriculture into her curriculum in multiple ways to benefit different types of learners, with a strong focus on experiential learning. One way Kinsaul does this is by taking…
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How Changing Your Diet Could Fight Climate Change
Julia Hauser became vegetarian when she first started college. Now, she thinks climate change is going to push more people to become vegetarian, too. Hauser is an environmental engineering major and a sustainability ambassador at the University of Georgia. She believes many others will join her in becoming vegetarian…
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The Atlanta Music Project Offers Youth Greater Access to Music Education
Madisyn Willis had only just started her new job with the Atlanta Music Project, when one student in particular caused her to take a closer look — or more accurately — listen. From the first moment that Madisyn met him, she could tell that this student fit the classic class-clown…
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Northeast Georgia Papers Find More Pros Than Cons In Corporate Ownership
Dalia Perez · Consolidation Collaboration: News Consolidation in Northeast Georgia Tom Law has been the publisher of his local newspaper, the Toccoa Record, for over 20 years. He attributes one thing with enabling his career in community journalism: the acquisition of his paper by a large publishing company, Community…
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How Social Media Fact-Checking Limits, But Can’t Eliminate, Online Disinformation
From popping up on your grandparents’ Facebook feeds to fueling the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol rioters, misinformation is widespread and here to stay. Social media companies have ramped up initiatives over the past year to stop its spread, but it might not be enough to keep dangerous lies from…