Canopy Atlanta

We tell stories that directly respond to neighborhood needs, partner with existing community information systems, and build neighborhoods' capacity to keep obtaining information from public records officials, or archives. Each Canopy Atlanta issue focuses on a different neighborhoods in metro Atlanta's five core counties. For our first issue in west end, we talked to more than 50 residents about the stories they wanted; trained six neighbors in journalism as our west end fellows, reporting alongside award-winning journalists; and presented the issue online, through a print-run partnership, and via live events. We're doing that same process in two more Atlanta neighborhoods in fiscal year 2021, plus launch a newsletter with shorter stores that cover the region. Our work has been featured in columbia journalism review, nieman labor, the atlantic, the american press institute, and others. Join our mission to make journalism more collaborative by supporting our work.

We tell stores that directly respond to neighborhood needs, partner with existing community information systems, and build neighborhoods' capacity to keep obtaining information from public records, officials, or archives.