Rich Whitt, retired AJC reporter, dies
Thursday, January 29th, 2009 Posted in local | 1 Comment »By Mike King As a young reporter at The Courier-Journal, the first time I ever laid eyes on Rich Whitt was when he came to Louisville the afternoon it was announced he had won the Pulitzer Prize. He worked in the ...
Social Media and the Mayor
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 Posted in APC programs, Newsmaker Luncheons, local | No Comments »By Grayson Daughters Mostly Media/APC Member Careful what you Twitter. Now that all of Atlanta seem to be using social media tools, such as Twitter and Facebook, you will easily get what you are after. This was the case during Mayor Shirley ...
Remembering Journalist Tim Bentley
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 Posted in local | 2 Comments »Atlanta journalist Tim Bentley died last week following a pulmonary illness. Tim loved dogs, was passionate about the sport of politics, chafed at authority of any kind, laughed easily and was a relentless reporter. I met Tim in the early ...
O’Hayer Joins WABE
Friday, January 16th, 2009 Posted in local | No Comments »I apologize for being a bit behind on the 8-ball, but I'm pleased to congratulate APC president and WXIA/11 Alive news reporter Denis O'Hayer on his new position as weekday afternoon host of WABE 90.1 FM, Atlanta's public ration station. Starting February ...
AJC Publisher Mellott Retires, New Publisher Announced
Monday, January 12th, 2009 Posted in local | No Comments »From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.... Cox Enterprises has named Doug Franklin, a veteran executive in its newspapers group, as the new publisher of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He succeeds John Mellott, AJC publisher since 2004, who is retiring after 22 years with Cox. Franklin is ...
Colleagues, Family Launch Foundation
Monday, December 15th, 2008 Posted in local | No Comments »Colleagues and family members of Mike Kavanagh, anchor of News/Talk 750 WSB Radio, who died earlier this month at age 57, have launched a charitable foundation in his name. The Mike Kavanagh Foundation was founded by Lisa Campbell, Kavanagh's longtime co-anchor ...
Shocking Passing of Mike Kavanagh
Sunday, December 7th, 2008 Posted in local | No Comments »The Atlanta media community mourns the untimely passing of WSB Radio's Mike Kavanagh, who died Saturday of a heart attack in his Alpharetta home. Sadly, that day was also his birthday. He was 57. Kavanagh, host of the radio show Money ...
So Long, Atlanta Peach
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 Posted in local | No Comments »I was a big fan of this magazine, run by a great publisher, Elizabeth Shulte Roth. According to the AJC article, HR reps from its parent company visited Atlanta Peach's Buckhead office yesterday and informed them of the magazine's demise, ...
Mumbai, in Person
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 Posted in local | No Comments »Atlanta Business Chronicle reporter URVAKSH KARKARIA was in Mumbai last week for what was to be one of the most joyous times of his life -- his wedding and reception. But on the last day of the festivities, disaster struck. ...
Edelstein Laid Off from the Loaf
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in local | No Comments »After 11 years as editor, Ken Edelstein on Monday was fired from Creative Loafing. "This was an involuntary termination," he told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in an article published today. According to the AJC, neither side would comment on Edelstein's layoff. ...