The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Summary
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the only major daily newspaper in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, and its suburbs. The AJC, as it is called, is the flagship publication of Cox Enterprises. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the result of the merger between The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution. The staff was combined in 1982. Separate delivery of the morning Constitution and afternoon Journal ended in 2001. The AJC has its headquarters in Dunwoody, Georgia.Subsequent to the staff consolidation of 1982, the afternoon Journal maintained a center-right editorial stance, while the editorials and op-eds in the morning Constitution were liberal. When the editions combined in 2001, the editorial page staffs also merged.
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Four lessons for media leaders from Martin Luther King Jr. and Gene Patterson
Martin Luther King Day 2013 occurs a day after memorial services for Eugene Patterson, an editorial voice of conscience at the Atlanta Constitution during King’s crusade for justice. Patterson died Saturday, January 12. Services were in St. Petersburg, Fla. , … Read more.
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Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. and Gene Patterson
Originally published January 19, 2003, this essay by Roy Peter Clark describes the relationship between Eugene Patterson, who died Jan. 12 at the age of 89, and Martin Luther King Jr. , whose life is celebrated today.
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Eugene C. Patterson, Editor and Civil Rights Crusader, Dies at 89
Mr. Patterson was a Pulitzer Prize winner who fought racial injustice in his columns for The Atlanta Constitution and was later an editor at The Washington Post and The St. Petersburg Times.
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Eugene C. Patterson, Editor and Civil Rights Crusader, Dies at 89
Mr. Patterson was a Pulitzer Prize winner who fought racial injustice in his columns for The Atlanta Constitution and was later an editor at The Washington Post and The St. Petersburg Times.
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Journalists remember the late Eugene Patterson
Legendary newspaper editor Eugene Patterson died Saturday night at 89. As former editor of the Atlanta Constitution and the St. Petersburg Times (now the Tampa Bay Times), Patterson is remembered for his journalism excellence, his leadership, and his civil rights … Read more.
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Gene Patterson’s most famous column: ‘A Flower for the Graves’
This column by Eugene Patterson, then editor of the Atlanta Constitution, was originally published in that paper on September 16, 1963 and read aloud that evening by Walter Cronkite on the “CBS Evening News. ” Patterson died Jan. 12, 2013 at … Read more.
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Eugene C. Patterson, Editor and Civil Rights Crusader, Dies at 89
Mr. Patterson was a Pulitzer Prize winner who fought racial injustice in his columns for The Atlanta Constitution and was later an editor at The Washington Post and The St. Petersburg Times.
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US university to close its j-school
Let's hope this isn't the start of a trend? An Atlanta university is to shut down its journalism department. Faculty at Emory University were stunned by the news that its j-school will be phased out over the next two years.
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Cubs player learned about pending trade just an hour before reporter tweeted about it
Cubs President Theo Epstein weighed in Wednesday on the controversy leading up to the trade of popular pitcher Ryan Dempster, saying one factor in the nine-day drama was how quickly news spread through social media.
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Most major newspaper groups are now experimenting with paywalls
The Chicago Tribune’s plans to charge readers for some of its online content, along with McClatchy’s announcement last week that it will expand its paywall testing to five more sites, are further proof that a majority of large newspaper… Read more.
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