Tag: Macon

• Congrats to The Albany Herald for a watchdog result covering massive financial woes in Edison, Ga. The Herald hired Lucille Lannigan in July through the Report for America program. Nearly $500,000 in fiscal shortages was soon shown. By mid August, the Mayor resigned, the C...

Coming to you live from Macon, and the news announced here today. Details still to be filled in, but: Big Item: Macon is a Knight city and the Knight Foundation announced $14M in city projects — of which $5M is for Macon news expansion. Read about the $14M and the $5M here. The ne...

— Next week has me in Macon, Albany, Columbus, Atlanta and possibly back to the coast. If you know of some great news or civic leaders in those regions, please connect me. This is still part of a listening/asking tour. (It was helpful last week on the coast. Summary below.) — A cool t...