AJC Will Shutter DeKalb Bureau

Decatur Metro | April 13, 2009

With all the breaking local news today, there’s no comfort this other, not-so-little announcement:

The AJC will close its DeKalb Bureau in downtown Decatur – along with Cobb and N. Fulton – come July and move all remaining DeKalb staffers back to Marietta Street.

Sigh.

Categories
journalism
Tags
, ,

« »

No Responses to “AJC Will Shutter DeKalb Bureau”

  1. Sellout says:
    April 13, 2009 at 5:38 pm

    I don’t think that’s the case yet. It will be in July. But not yet.

  2. John Heneghan says:
    April 13, 2009 at 10:42 pm

    April Hunt, AJC DeKalb reporter was at the Dunwoody City Council meeting Monday night and stated that she will be informed of her new assignment or focus tomorrow since it may not be DeKalb local news.

    I guess it is a wait and see situation?

  3. Carl says:
    April 13, 2009 at 11:34 pm

    I saw police escorting a large moving truck to that building this afternoon and wondered if it was related. Glad the actual closing may be later. I actually thought the office in that building was for ad sales or something similar.

  4. Ernest says:
    April 15, 2009 at 1:47 pm

    I spoke with Kristina Torres, the DeKalb education beat writer for the past few years. She indicated she will work K-8 classroom issues for ‘inside the perimeter’ schools. I interpret that to mean DeKalb, Decatur, APS, and Fulton school systems.

    Has this been posted on the AJC yet?

  5. Cerebration says:
    April 17, 2009 at 5:51 pm

    No worries – we’re not shuttering at DeKalb School Watch. Come over and find out the latest issues regarding DeKalb schools at our blog. We welcome comments, encourage dialogue and you can even submit your own articles to – where most will be published after review.

    The internet will certainly take up the slack where the AJC lies down. C’mon over Kristina – you could be a regular contributor! (Of course, there’s no pay and no bene’s – but there’s freedom to speak the truth.)

    http://dekalbschoolwatch.blogspot.com/

  6. Decatur Metro says:
    April 14, 2009 at 8:43 am

    Thanks Sellout. Guess I was reading too quickly.

  7. Decatur Metro says:
    April 15, 2009 at 3:51 pm

    Haven’t heard or seen anything Ernest, but thanks for the info.

    Not good news, since I swear you could devote a beat writer just to CSD’s reconfiguration and still not completely understand the insane nuances of that issue.

  8. Ernest says:
    April 15, 2009 at 4:11 pm

    No problem! She mentioned she would take a ‘wait and see’ approach to this. Given the current climate, she is glad to be employed. FWIW, she informed me of this at the DCSS meeting held at Heritage Center on 4/14.

    FWIW, she did confirm that Terrance Moore (sports opinion writer) accepted the buyout. I’m waiting to see official confirmation of this.