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Supervising Digital News Editor for Atlanta NPR Affiliate @wabenews | Past: @projectqatlanta @thegavoice | Atlanta Native | [email protected] | he/him 🏳️🌈
Atlanta, GA
Joined October 2008
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp's Final State of the State Address WABE's journalists share our analysis of the speech. #gapol @jessicamador @patricksaunders @justmattphotoj @xchamian @MeimeiXu7 @ejreports @mollyis @emilywupearson @HydeMarlon @marisamecke
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp delivered the annual State of the State speech on Thursday morning before a joint session of the Georgia General Assembly.
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A feature looking back on the day that gay marriage was legalized, 10 years ago today. #gapol
Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of gay marriage being legalized in Georgia and across the U.S. Local couples and LGBTQ advocates reflect on that historic day — and reckon with the uncertainty of the law's future. #gapol
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Pride Month vandalism incident at Blake’s on the Park in Midtown.
Four teenagers were arrested early Tuesday morning and have hate crime charges pending against them after police say they stole and cut up Pride flags at one of Atlanta’s most well-known gay bars. https://t.co/XZefjj0wt7
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On this week’s episode of “Plugged In,” @gringsam and @rahulbali talk with @patricksaunders about what’s changed over the past decade since former Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal vetoed the state's first religious liberty bill. https://t.co/NkHTzJHbWp
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Former Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal drew national attention in 2016 when he vetoed a religious liberty bill that opponents said would lead to discrimination against LGBTQ people. When a similar […]
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“This could deteriorate really quickly like it did in 2014” Governor Brian Kemp comparing today's predicted winter weather with the infamous “Snowmageddon” Main message is to be off the roads by “early afternoon at the latest” #gapol @patricksaunders
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Georgia officials are warning people to get off the roads by early Tuesday afternoon ahead of a winter storm that they’re comparing to “Snowmageddon,” the storm that paralyzed the Deep South in 2014.
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On this week's “Plugged In: A WABE Politics Podcast", @gringsam and I are joined by producer @BrendanRivers as we look back at 2024. #gapol We also play the Plugged In Game Show with our managers @HelmickWABE and @mollyis with a cameo by @patricksaunders.
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On this week's episode of "Plugged In: A WABE Politics Podcast," we take stock of the year in Georgia politics, including a recent court decision removing Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis from...
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BREAKING: Former President Donald Trump has won Georgia, according to the Associated Press, affirming Republicans’ enduring hold on a state Democrats flipped four years ago for the first time in a generation. The presidency is too close to call. #gapol
https://t.co/jCI2VOAYE8
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This story was updated on Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 9:38 a.m. Former President Donald Trump will be the 47th president of the United States, according to the Associated Press, defeating […]
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Whether you voted early, absentee or are standing in line right now — we want to hear from you! Send us a voice memo 60 seconds or less with your full name to tellus@wabe.org. We might be able to share it on 90.1 FM or at https://t.co/5t2zvz2iKF!
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Stay with the WABE News team for the latest election updates on Election Day. #gapol
https://t.co/AcGRZ1bUea
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Follow along here for the latest Georgia election day and night updates, news and results from the WABE News team.
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Talking WABE Election Day plans and expectations with @jimburress on “All Things Considered.” #gapol
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Listen and read some of our local coverage of the first Harris-Trump debate. I was at a Harris campaign watch party. @BrendanRivers was at a Trump campaign watch party. @gringsam watched with an undecided voter. @patricksaunders put this together. #gapol
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Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump met face-to-face for the first time ever on Tuesday night at a high-stakes election debate that drew the attention of voters in Georgia...
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When Kamala Harris made repeat visits to Atlanta last month, it was as the running mate to President Joe Biden as the pair pursued a second term in office. Harris will return to Atlanta on Tuesday as the Democrats’ presumptive presidential nominee. #gapol
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Vice President Kamala Harris will make her first presidential campaign visit to Atlanta on July 30.
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BREAKING: President Joe Biden announced he is not seeking reelection in the 2024 presidential race. The decision comes after escalating pressure from Biden’s Democratic allies to step aside following the June 27 debate.
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President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, ending his bid for reelection.
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Georgia leaders react to the Trump rally shooting. #gapol
"Political violence is never acceptable." Reactions are flooding in from Georgia political leaders following what law enforcement officials are treating as an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on Saturday. #gapol
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More from WABE’s Beyond Pride series. Great stuff from ✍️ @DorMiyaVance and 📷 @justmattphotoj!
pride month came to an end a few days ago but here’s the latest installment from me 🤗
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Brand new story from the Beyond Pride series! A ridealong on an LGBTQ Atlanta history tour, courtesy of ✍️ @julien_virgin and 📷 @justmattphotoj.
In the latest installment of WABE's "Beyond Pride" series, we rode along on an LGBTQ Atlanta bus tour that covered historical locations throughout the city that helped illustrate the trials, tribulations and triumphs of Atlanta's LGBTQ community. https://t.co/g4vFdrFeoM
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Had fun guest-hosting “Plugged In” this week and talking the power of the LGBTQ vote in Georgia with @gringsam!
On this week’s special episode of the “Plugged In” podcast, WABE politics reporter @gringsam and guest host @patricksaunders — WABE’s supervising digital editor — discuss the LGBTQ community and how they fit into the upcoming presidential election. #gapol
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Big shout out to the WABE team for four Murrow wins this year! Best feature, best continuing coverage, best news series and best podcast. Congrats @stephannnnie @rahulbali @gringsam @ejreports @buriedtruthspod
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WABE’s 2024 Election page is live! Get the latest @wabenews political news and podcast episodes, important dates, candidate info, voting locations and more to help you make sense of this year’s madness. #gapol
https://t.co/KItNhdAM6x
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Stay in the know in 2024 with the latest Georgia election news, podcasts, dates, voting locations, candidate info, results and more.
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Chamian is a credentialed reporter who identified herself. It is unacceptable by @Atlanta_Police to deny any credentialed journalist from doing their job.
My options were to either leave, so that I wouldn’t be able to bear witness, or to stay and risk being arrested after I just saw them get their zip ties ready and surround the perimeter.
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