Community Issues — Canopy Atlanta

Where Are We?

Canopy Atlanta Communities

Stories chosen, produced, and presented in collaboration with these Metro Atlanta communities.

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Norcross

Lakewood Heights

South DeKalb

Bankhead

Forest Park

West End

Local communities help us choose story topics through listening conversations, phone calls, social media, and other engagement methods. A paid community editorial board helps us refine story topics.

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Norcross

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To report those stories, we pay and train residents—our Journalism Fellows—to tell those community stories alongside experienced journalists through words, photos, audio, and more.

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Lakewood Heights

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After we publish an issue, we share stories with the community through events, partnerships, printed materials, and more. We also continue to work with our fellows to support additional reporting in their communities.

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South DeKalb

Bankhead

Forest Park

West End

Ways to Participate

More Ways to Get Involved

Become a Lakewood Heights Fellow

Residents of Lakewood Heights can apply for this paid position to train in journalism and partner with professional journalists in reporting and writing stories by and for their community.

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Become a Lakewood Heights Editorial Board Member

Residents of Lakewood Heights can apply for this paid position to provide insider guidance on who their community is and what reporting they need.

Apply

Submit a Listening Response

Residents or people with ties to Lakewood Heights can complete this short 3-minute survey to tell us what matters to them to inform our reporting and the stories that are selected.

Go to Survey

Become a Norcross Fellow

Residents of Norcross can apply for this paid position to train in journalism and partner with professional journalists in reporting and writing stories by and for their community.

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Become a Norcross Editorial Board Member

Residents of Norcross can apply for this paid position to provide insider guidance on who their community is and what reporting they need.

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Submit a Listening Response

Residents or people with ties to Norcross can complete this short 3-minute survey to tell us what matters to them to inform our reporting and the stories that are selected.

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Existing Issues

West End

This historic Southwest Atlanta neighborhood is in the midst of evolution: a major redevelopment stuck in limbo, hustlin’ “water boys” at odds with some neighbors, and a thriving arts scene at risk from the pandemic—making it the perfect destination for our first Community Issue.

Forest Park

Just southeast of Atlanta, Forest Park yearns for connections, yet is caught between squabbling leaders, its past, and disenfranchised residents. We uplift solutions to food insecurity, untangle complexities of policing in immigrant communities, and more in the Clayton County city.

Bankhead

We probe the factors behind gentrification, explore a rich hip-hop legacy, and search for a missing police officer with a neighborhood in the midst of transformation: the Bankhead/Grove Park community in Northwest Atlanta.

South DeKalb

This sleepy “bedroom” community harbors hidden gems and challenges that are rousing residents, from housing affordability to the nearby “Cop City” development.

Lakewood Heights

Our four Lakewood Heights Fellows partnered with local journalists to produce the Lakewood Heights Issue. Canopy Atlanta provided instruction and mentorship in reporting skills through a six-week paid training program.

Upcoming Issues

Norcross

Stay tuned for our Norcross Issue.

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