Lawsuit
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Doing Journalism
ANNOTATED: How Addison Simmons Turned First Photo Essay into Touching Profile of Local, Queer-Owned Business
Reporter Annotations are meant to get to the how and why behind Newsource’s reporting through in-depth conversations with the reporters themselves. Have a listen or read the conversation below for how fourth-year journalism major Addison Simmons covered her first photo essay along with a business story for her Reporting…
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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…
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Athens-Clarke County
Athens Bookstore Files First Amendment Rights Lawsuit
Avid Bookshop in Athens has filed a First Amendment lawsuit against Keybo Taylor of the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Department and Benjamin Hayes of the Gwinnett County Jail after shipments of books to an inmate were rejected. The lawsuit, filed on March 15, targets the jail’s mail policy which states that…
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Northeast Georgia News
Ex-Deputy Files Lawsuit Against Oconee County, Sheriff
A former deputy is filing a lawsuit against Oconee County and the sheriff for discrimination. Ex-deputy Lisa Price claims sheriff Scott Berry and other superiors maintained a file criticizing her performance with “derogatory remarks and unfair criticism.” Price says Lt. Griffin Attaberry brought the file to her attention in summer 2014. Attaberry,…
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Athens-Clarke County
Family of Hit and Run Victim Sues Local Bar That Served Driver
ATHENS, GA - A local family is suing a bar over the claim that they should have prevented a man from driving while intoxicated two years ago when he hit their daughter.
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UGA
Student Sues Professor For $1.3 Million
A Lehigh University student is suing her professor for 1.3 million dollars in lost earnings over a grade. The girl claims that the 1 point 3 million is what she would have earned if she would have been allowed to complete her degree. I went around campus to hear what…