Canopy Atlanta asked over 140 Tri-Cities community members about the journalism they needed. Residents raised the area’s walkability and existing public transportation as major issues. One East Point ...

Canopy Atlanta asked Bankhead community members about the journalism they needed and this story emerged from that feedback. Canopy Atlanta also trains and pays community members, our Fellows, to learn ...

This is a weekly feature called Community Notebook, filled with snippets of information, conversations, and reporting about the communities where we work. Canopy Atlanta Fellows and other community ...

Ahead of the Tri-Cities Community Issue, Canopy Atlanta spoke with over 140 residents who told us which resources would best support their families. These community members helped identify resource ...

By Audrey Hamm, Intern Thursday, June 19, 2025 Refuge Coffee, Clarkston, GA About 25 members of the Clarkston community gathered at Refuge Coffee for good food, shopping from Amani’s Women Center, and ...

Canopy Atlanta asked more than 90 Collier Heights community members about the journalism they needed. Many residents shared stories of the neighborhood’s early days as a Black neighborhood, built and ...

This story was produced in partnership with WABE. DorMiya Vance, one of the reporters on this story, is a Report for America Fellow covering metro Atlanta’s southside communities, including South ...

I hope this story leaves you inspired by the power of community-focused journalism. Here at Canopy Atlanta, we're driven by a unique mission: to uncover and amplify the voices and stories that often ...

At the same time, Southern hip-hop was achieving massive mainstream success. In 1998, No Limit Records — whose roster included Silkk the Shocker, C-Murder, Mia X and Mystikal — was on its way to ...

It became a buzzword in 2020, but “mutual aid” isn’t charity—it’s about creating a culture of collectivity. Here’s how some Atlanta organizations are putting that philosophy into action. On a recent ...

Canopy Atlanta asked the Bankhead and Grove Park community members about the journalism they wanted to see about their communities, and this story emerged from that feedback. Canopy Atlanta also ...

The East Point, College Park, and Hapeville neighborhoods pride themselves on being close-knit communities while being next door to the world's busiest airport. We uplift the thinkers and doers who ...