Sunday Solutions — Dec. 29, 2024
☀️ Good morning! We’re cruising into the final few days of the year, so here’s your chance to finish your 2024 bucket list. In the meantime, we’re working on ours — a chance to celebrate the year in visual journalism. Get your champagne chilling, because it’s time to put 2024 in the rear view.
The year in view
Justin Taylor is a lot of things to many: Savannah native, former U.S. Marine, tug pilot and witty human. But he’s also a photojournalist for The Current GA who excels in showing us Coastal Georgia. He’s not afraid to get wet or hang out with subjects or hunt for feral hogs to shoot — with a long lens, of course.
Taylor spent time in Brunswick early in the year to not only chronicle the fight for housing for the homeless but to bring us the stories of those who wait and work for solutions.
“Showing” means digging in as a reporter to understand what’s going on and how to communicate it for readers. He can’t just show up; he has to plan and work to gain trust to bring you a closer look at the subject.
It’s been quite a year, from having a sheriff run over his drone with his car to watching horseshoe crabs spawn. See Taylor’s picks for the Best of 2024, along with the stories that inspired the work and vice versa.
Coming Jan. 5…winners!
We’re tallying and double-checking the numbers. And, we’re setting up a new challenge to see how well you know Coastal Georgia. …More soon.
A reminder: We’re taking a break from our regular 5-day newsletter buffet for the holidays and serving them Sunday and Thursday this week. We’ll return to our hearty schedule Jan. 5.
DATA: CLIMATE
☕ Your second cup: How’s the weather?
Of course we didn’t forget your second cup! Pew Research Center has just finished a look at how we feel and act on climate policy. If you see water and power bills going up, you already know that it’s hitting home as extreme weather means backup generator power or a more resilient power grid. Earlier this year, the top-notch researchers found that we are all still figuring out what global warming means for us — more extreme weather, support for resilient construction and what hardships it could bring. Now, we find that we’re all becoming aware of the economic costs and we’re split over the policies required to navigate it all. Here’s a look at 12 charts to help us figure out what’s next.
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Scenes from 2024: Justin Taylor
By Justin Taylor
Visual journalist Justin Taylor has compiled his favorite images and stories from 2024 in this collection.
Georgia has a doctor shortage. Barriers to training keep immigrant physicians from filling gap
By Rebecca Grapevine/Healthbeat and Allen Siegler/Healthbeat
Doctors see low-cost solutions in other states but legislation hasn’t yet implemented useful plan to stem doctor shortage.
Atlanta farming leadership program sows seeds of hope with new graduating class
By Amanda Andrews/GPB News
Students in the Gangstas to Growers program reflect what they’ve learned and how their lives have changed since joining the program.
New laws will affect elections, taxes, health care
By Dave Williams/Capitol Beat
The most far-reaching of those provisions requires homeless Georgians to use their county registrar’s office as their mailing address. While Republicans said the homeless registration provision would help fulfill the overall bill’s broader goal of restoring integrity to the voting process, Democrats and civil rights groups said it would disenfranchise eligible voters who happen to […]
Judge rules Georgia lawmakers can subpoena Willis
By Dave Williams/Capitol Beat
Last week, the state Court of Appeals disqualified Willis from the case, ruling that her sexual relationship with Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor she hired to lead the prosecution, constituted an appearance of impropriety.
Caregivers of Georgians with disabilities finally realizing long-awaited pay hike
By Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder
The3 lagging wage has contributed to a workforce crisis that providers say intensified after the pandemic, causing providers to close facilities and scale back services.
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