Savannah Morning News WSOK-AM The paper brought together 60 citizens in August 2000 as the first step in its project on Savannah’s failing public schools. The 39,000-student district was among the worst in the nation. It had gone through three superintendents in five years, the school board was fighting with the governor over school reform, […]

The Savannah Morning News, Savannahnow.com Georgia Public Radio With the Georgia legislature expected to set statewide water policy in its 2003 session, the partners launched “Water: The Power. The Profit,” a year-long series on the Savannah River, to encourage citizen participation in the debate. A poll of 724 people in the seven counties around the river […]

The Savannah Morning News The paper published an 11-part series on the issues faced by the region’s growing elderly population, beginning in September of 1999 and continuing through the summer of 2000. The coverage became a prime example of unraveling a community’s “master narrative.” A Pew-supported survey of 740 Savannah-area residents helped frame the topics […]