The Current believes in reaching as many people as we can with credible information to make daily decisions for navigating their worlds. Each day we share work we find from other nonprofit groups with the same goal in Georgia. Here are brief introductions to our journalism partners in news and information.
Georgia Public Broadcasting, WSVH, WXVS, WPBQ and WWIO: Georgia Public Broadcasting’s news department reaches all corners of Georgia each day via radio with staff reporters, including one based in Savannah. Its affiliates in Coastal Georgia are in Savannah (WSVH 91.1FM), Brunswick (WWIO 88.9FM), Kingsland (WPBQ 90.3FM), and Waycross (WXVS 90.1FM).
Georgia Recorder: The Georgia Recorder is an independent, nonprofit news organization focused on connecting public policies to the stories of the people and communities affected by them. It is an arm of the nonprofit States News Service.
Capitol Beat News Service: Capitol Beat is a nonprofit news service operated by the Georgia Press Educational Foundation that provides thorough, unbiased coverage of state government through gavel-to-gavel coverage of Georgia General Assembly sessions and year-round coverage of the governor’s office, statewide elected officials, legislative committee hearings, state agencies and the Georgia Supreme Court.
WABE: As the NPR and PBS affiliate for the Metro Atlanta Area, WABE provides the metro Atlanta community with state and national content as well as award-winning journalism, radio shows, podcasts and television programs.
Grist: Savannah-based reporter Emily Jones works for the nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. Grist partners with WABE to tell stories of climate change in Coastal Georgia.
KFF Health News: Formerly known as Georgia Health News and later Kaiser Health News, KFFHN produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at Kaiser Family Foundation — an independent source for health policy research, polling, and journalism. Kaiser features original stories written by longtime Georgia health journalist Andy Miller and Georgia journalist Sam Whitehead. Kaiser also posts health articles written by other media outlets and offers a resource guide for Georgia consumers to help them navigate an increasingly complex health care system.
Jacksonville Today/WJCT: This nonprofit, public media site in Jacksonville, Fla., is a affiliated with NPR, PBS and serves the southern portion of our service area, including Camden County.
The Macon Newsroom: The nonprofit news site is a service of the Center for Collaborative Journalism at Mercer University. It features journalists based in middle Georgia, including Civic Journalism Fellow Laura Corley and student journalists at the center.
ProPublica, ProPublica Local Reporting Network: ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with moral force. Reporters dig deep into important issues, shining a light on abuses of power and betrayals of public trust — and we stick with those issues as long as it takes to hold power to account.
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