AISD's Carstarphen Atlanta Bound

Superintendent named sole finalist to head Atlanta Public Schools

"...the sole finalist to become the new superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools...."

April 4, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Carstarphen Headed to Atlanta

Update: AISD confirms it is prepping for superintendent's exit

"...Breaking news out of Atlanta: Austin ISD Superintendent Meria Carstarphen is the sole finalist..."

March 27, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Down & Out in Atlanta

The Official Crock of the '96 Summer Olympics

"...my subconscious, invasive as the airborne pollen of an Atlanta spring, bullying away competing thoughts like the kudzu vines..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Features Feature by Jonathan Hennessey

Richard Jewell

Eastwood's latest assault on the establishment mangles its own history

"...that killed one person directly, and injured dozens, in Atlanta’s Centennial Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics. In his..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

No Knock and No Crack, Pt. 3

"...– and even more disturbing – revelations out of Atlanta last week in the ongoing story of 92-year-old Kathryn..."

May 4, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

History Still Hidden

Reporter of 'Statesman' racial cleansing series disowns published version

"...unrest in Georgia by the Statesman's sister paper, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Even after the cuts were made by Statesman..."

March 16, 2007 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Excerpt

From the July 23, 2006, section of the "Leave or Die" series, Elliot Jaspin reports on the Atlanta media reaction to a 1987 civil rights march in Forsyth County, Ga., organized in part to recall the 1912 racial expulsion.

"..."Leave or Die" series, Elliot Jaspin reports on the Atlanta media reaction to a 1987 civil rights march in..."

March 16, 2007 News Feature

Media Clips

The world’s major corporations have realized that the media can be big money, and they have invested heavily.

"...People, Sports Illustrated, Entertainment Weekly, DC Comics, and the Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Hawks sports teams, as well as..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

The Hightower Report

The Death of Journalism; and Who Pays for CEO Mismanagement?

"...days. Take the Cox Newspapers chain, which owns The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Austin American-Statesman, and 15 other dailies. It is..."

Jan. 16, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

Letters at 3AM: The Curious Case of the Missing Quotation

Jimmy Carter says the U.S. has no functioning democracy at present, and the press goes silent

"...at a German-U.S. nonprofit called Atlantik-Brücke (Atlantic Bridge) in Atlanta, Ga. Der Spiegel translated Carter's statement into German for..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Debunking Five Anti-Choice Lies This Session

No wonder why repro rights groups are using the mantra “Lies Into Laws”

"...the mother,” according to an article published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Before six weeks, it can be difficult to..."

April 24, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

'The NFL Beat': 2012 Draft Needs

An inside look at all 32 teams

"...Falcons D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is telling me: With just five picks, the..."

Feb. 11, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Kerry Year One

No surprises at the Texas dailies – one good failure deserves another

"...time, that an edict came down from Cox in Atlanta – Cox's flagship Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and its swing-state Palm..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Column by Michael King

The Little Press That Could

"...by busting her butt. In 1995, while living in Atlanta, Moore was in the midst of completing her second..."

July 28, 2000 Books Feature by Suzy Spencer

The Daily's Dollars

Statesman Turns Tidy Profit for Parent Company

"...launched last July, sells Internet access in Austin and Atlanta. Within the next six weeks, Cox Interactive will begin..."

July 11, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

A Brave New World

If Just for One Day...

"...edition since publisher Roger Kintzel was called upstairs to Atlanta, where he will be publisher of Cox Enterprises' flagship..."

Nov. 24, 1995 News Feature

Media Watch: 'Statesman' Off the Market

After entering final negotiations to sell the paper, Cox Newspapers walks away from the table

"...has steadily slashed jobs at its flagship paper, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "We can't make guarantees until the market settles..."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Eye of the Media Storm

On the block, the Statesman fiddles while the industry burns

"...Association of America. The Los Angeles Times and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, flagship of Statesman owner Cox Enterprises, saw double-digit..."

March 6, 2009 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Media Watch: Anybody Want to Buy the Bat Cave?

Read all about it – 'Statesman' goes up on the block

"...Statesman and Waco Tribune-Herald, but it's keeping the flagship Atlanta Journal-Constitution, as well as papers in Palm Beach, Fla.,..."

Aug. 22, 2008 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Media Watch

Freedom Communications Inc. closes its one-reporter Capitol bureau, progressives rally behind Air America, and the last of the tacky deejays

"...plans to shrink their newsrooms. Earlier this year, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the flagship of Austin American-Statesman owner Cox Newspapers,..."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Feature by Kevin Brass

About AIDS

On the down-low ...?

"...was made recently in a widely circulated article by Atlanta Journal-Constitution and AP writer Cynthia Tucker. Race aside, there..."

July 8, 2005 Column by Sandy Bartlett

No Mercy

The case of James Allridge raises familiar questions about the Texas justice system

"...record of "excellent behavior" while in prison, reported The Atlanta Journal-Constitution...."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Headlines

Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Capitol Chronicle

As the year turns, the auguries of war predict the worst

"...in major U.S. newspapers: a polite summary in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and a sneering dismissal in the Washington Times...."

Dec. 27, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Sweet Caroline

New face on the old-timey music scene: Caroline Herring

"...the house band and authors reading their work. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution called the show "Prairie Home Companion without the..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

No Knock and No Crack, Pt. 4

Was the drug raid that took life of 92-year-old in Atlanta in 2006 caused by a quota system at police department?

"...Some of the corruption uncovered in the Atlanta Police Dept. narco unit can be attributed to "the..."

Nov. 10, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Manufacturer issues warning about electro-shock weapons

"...nerves, joints and stress/compression fractures to bones," reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Nonetheless, Tom Smith, Taser's founder and president, told..."

Aug. 5, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Atlanta, Ga...."

May 23, 2003 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...had the privilege of catching Los Lonely Boys in Atlanta opening for Keb Mo. I assure you, Austin, they..."

July 30, 2004 Column

News Boss

"...Kintzel departed to become publisher of the Cox flagship Atlanta Constitution-Journal (Michael Laosa is now the Statesman publisher). Oppel..."

July 11, 1997 News Feature by Lee Nichols