Jared Gilstrap
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Doing Journalism
ANNOTATED: How Madison County Residents Successfully Lobbied Legislators Over Pollution Concerns
Listen to the audio reporter annotation below to learn about the process that Grady Newsource Reporter Jared Gilstrap used to report on his hometown, contact government officials, and utilize audio and video clips to enhance a story. Crysta Jones is a graduate student in emerging media at the Grady College of…
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In-Depth
How Madison County Residents Successfully Lobbied Legislators Over Pollution Concerns
The law-altering conversations about air pollution in Georgia did not originate in the Capitol building chambers that hosted them. They started between a group of friends in a living room in the small Madison County town of Colbert, Georgia. Eight months of lobbying later, Governor Brian Kemp’s signed a…
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Athens-Clarke County
“From A to B to Z”: The Sparrow’s Nest Commits to Community-Based Approach to Poverty
“Putting people experiencing poverty on track “to go on to the next step: from A to B to Z…” That, in Executive Director James Scott’s words, is the traction-gaining tactic of The Sparrow’s Nest. The Athens-based nonprofit organization is exploring an alternative plan of attack against the city’s age-old poverty…