At The Macon Telegraph , Laura used open records requests to shine light on the shadows of police misconduct, government salaries, suspicious political connections and more. Shannon GaNun is a communication professional with a wide range of experience spanning more than 30 years. She has helped many small businesses, corporations, trade associations, public relations firms, and Members of Congress improve their communication and generate increased interest in their products and services.
In addition to her communication consulting work, Shannon is a part-time instructor at Georgia Southern University, teaching public speaking classes to undergraduates. Melinda Ennis is a freelance writer with a degree in journalism, and owns Melworks Inc, a marketing consultancy for non-profits.
She has written features and film and book criticism for publications including The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Atlanta Magazine and many on-line publications. Most recently she was the executive director of Family Connection, Glynn County, a collaborative organization with the mission to improve the well-being of children and families in the community through a cross sector collaborative system.
Melinda has an extensive background in the areas of strategic development and marketing. She was the executive director of Brand Atlanta, Inc. Prior to that she was a chief marketing officer and senior vice president of marketing for Atlanta-based ad- agencies and corporations. She lives on St. Simons Island, Georgia where she serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations. Some of her work has also appeared in The New York Times. In her spare time, Jacqueline enjoys reading, walking and listening to music.
Cox Jr. Institute for Journalism Innovation, Management and Leadership. Kayla graduated in May as a first-generation and honors student from UNC with a degree in environmental studies and minors in statistics and journalism. The photo by Arnold Hardy shows a woman falling from an upper floor of the hotel. She was later identified as Daisy McCumber, one of the fire's survivors.
They found a taker in the Milwaukee Braves, but subsequent litigation held up the move until Meanwhile, the NFL showed little interest in having its first Southern franchise — until the rival AFL announced plans to put a team here, awarding a franchise to business executive Rankin Smith.
It took a whirlwind, but pro football finally had a home in the Southeast. He helped create an Atlanta that boasted the world's busiest airport, allowed minorities to do business with the government, would go on to land the Summer Olympics, and in general attracted people to a black mecca.
He served three terms, spanning and Virtually unknown on the national stage, Carter was given no chance of emerging from a crowded field of Democratic contenders. Carter went on to defeat President Gerald Ford by a margin in the Electoral College, though the final West Coast results came in too late to make the morning paper.
The ongoing downpour likely muffled the sound of the foot wall of water as it bore down on the campus at a. It took emergency workers days to recover all victims, with the final death toll reaching From over , over 20 the exact number remains a source of controversy African-American children and young adolescents, most of them male, were murdered around metro Atlanta.
The newspaper covered all aspects of this horrific story, from the often-frustrated police investigation, to the fear and anxiety that gripped the city. All the same, for two years the AJC sent journalists worldwide to document and report on the city's bid efforts. The Constitution celebrated with the rest of the region when the International Olympic Committee shocked the world by awarding the games to Atlanta.
Some thirty years after the Braves announced their move to Atlanta from Milwaukee, the team delivered the city's first and only, alas world championship by beating the Cleveland Indians in Game 6 of the World Series. A massive manhunt ensued, which ended in Nichols' arrest the next day. At the AJC offices, journalists worked around the clock in covering the storm and its aftermath, some sleeping on makeshift bedding in the newsroom.
Undeterred by the critics a group that included many political and business leaders , the AJC continued to dig deeper, with the newspaper's coverage ultimately leading to the conviction of APS administrators in what has been described is the largest school cheating scandal in U. For larger and more easily readable versions of each of the front pages above, go here and click on the individual dates to get that page as a PDF file.
When I came to Atlanta more than seven years ago to become editor of the newspaper, I knew of the storied tradition of The Atlanta Constitution. The newspaper was known for its history as an advocate for all of Atlanta's citizens. Almost immediately upon my arrival, I read the biography of Ralph McGill, the famous editor of the Constitution who established its reputation during the Civil Rights era. As I turned each page, I became more honored to have found a place in the line of his successors.
Today, as we celebrate the th birthday of The Atlanta Constitution, it's tempting to revel in that part of our history - and to see that as the entirety of the story in the Constitution's century and half of journalism.
To understand the Constitution's tale requires a disquieting visit with some of Georgia's most difficult history and a journey along the road of our state's progression to some of its present-day challenges. And, I promise you, it's a trip worth taking. The Constitution's history is a big part of Atlanta's story — and the newspaper was not always the positive force we are proud of today. Like Atlanta, it spent a long time finding its way. He bought the Atlanta Daily Opinion, one of several newspapers serving the city's 20, residents, and renamed it The Atlanta Constitution.
The Atlanta Constitution set about publishing its first drafts of the state's and city's history, but its founding — in fact, its very name — reveals a point of view that its numerous courageous moments have long overshadowed. The name — "Constitution" — conjures a noble purpose and strikes a proud tone to modern readers. But on June 16, , that name meant something very different. To grasp what was in that name, we must step back into the tumultuous times following the Civil War, when the country and Georgia experienced crises.
First, the federal government in Washington had just three weeks earlier survived a near-fatal power struggle. There were strong disagreements about what to demand of southern states as they sought to rejoin the union. Johnson survived his trial in the Senate by just one vote, but the impeachment had created a fissure between the president and Congress.
Johnson resisted enfranchisement of former slaves, playing to the southern Democrats who were part of his constituency. He vetoed legislation to give rights to blacks when Congress passed it. The Congressional Republicans demanded that southern states grant citizenship to former slaves and guarantee black men the right to vote. Blacks began to exercise their new freedom, and demanded to participate in politics.
This gave rise to the Ku Klux Klan as white resistance grew. The southern states' leaders sought a return to the union, but imagined the South of old — a society that whites ruled, said Stan Deaton, senior historian at the Georgia Historical Society.
Among those insolent southern states was Georgia, where the federal military still intervened. Federal troops were ever-present in Georgia — and throughout the South — to guarantee rights to blacks. George Meade, the northern hero of the Battle of Gettysburg, oversaw the federal military district that included Georgia, Alabama and Florida.
He was the all-powerful ruler of the subjugated former Confederate state. Later Grady and Harris were joined by another literary light of the period, Georgia poet laureate Frank L. Grady traveled the country as a correspondent, writing impressions of the North and its leaders for his southern readers and sending reports of southern development to northern papers. Field, promoter of the transatlantic cable.
Grady understood that economic development was crucial to rebuilding the South, and he used the Constitution to promote the region at every opportunity. In early December , a weakened Grady discounted the advice of his physician and went to Boston to speak on race relations. He became gravely ill and died on December 23 in Atlanta, at age thirty-nine.
Hemphill retired in January , and Howell assumed the presidency of the company at that time. The paper remained in family hands until Clark Howell was a consummate newsman and public servant. He served as director of the Associated Press news-gathering operation at its inception in , was a Democratic National Committee member from Georgia for thirty-two years, and served two terms in the state legislature.
He ran for governor in but was defeated by the powerful Hoke Smith , a former owner of the rival Atlanta Journal. The Atlanta Journal , an afternoon paper under the banner of founder E. Hoge had invested in the latest printing presses, which turned out a sparkling product, but it was old-fashioned reporting that propelled his newspaper in its first year.
At about a. The Constitution had already printed its Sunday edition, but the upstart Journal quickly produced an extra edition that was distributed statewide with the news.
Compliments and credibility followed. Smith and the Journal were strong supporters of Democrat Grover Cleveland in the presidential election. When Cleveland was elected, he repaid Smith by appointing him to the cabinet as secretary of the interior, thus bringing national attention to Smith and to the Journal. By the Journal employed people and had a daily circulation of 30, Smith and several minority stockholders decided to sell the paper to James Gray, Morris Brandon, and H.
Innovation continued under the new management, most particularly under Gray, who served as editor and publisher. The Sunday magazine published original syndicated work by many of the leading writers of the time, such as Harold Ross, founder of the New Yorker magazine; novelist Erskine Caldwell ; and humorist Will Rogers.
The novelist Margaret Mitchell was a young staff writer for the Sunday magazine. Under Gray the Journal also took progressive editorial positions—becoming an early proponent of better roads to accommodate the infant automobile industry. Gray died unexpectedly in , at the pinnacle of his career. Cohen took over leadership of the Journal , serving as president and editor until his death in In WSB joined the fledgling NBC network, and within a decade it had become a 50,watt powerhouse that could be heard at points throughout the country.
To keep up with the rival Journal , the Constitution entered the radio business on March 16, a day after WSB went on the air. A year later Constitution owner Clark Howell Sr. The license was allowed to expire in , but the following year a new license was granted with the call letters WGST, standing for Georgia School of Technology. Operating as a commercial station with educational opportunities for students, the radio station was officially owned by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
In the station was sold to a private corporation and remains on the air today. Before and after World War I , the Constitution editorialized for peace; the paper also supported U. When he returned in , Howell Jr. After his father died in , he became publisher, and finally in he added the title of editor. On April 2, , the Constitution hired a young Tennessean named Ralph McGill as an assistant sports editor, thus launching the career of the most famous Atlanta journalist since Henry Grady.
Two years later McGill became sports editor; he soon switched to general news reporting and in became executive editor.
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