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DEL.ICIO.USHonoring Saporta Reporta
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Staff photo by Phil Skinner
I talk to celebrities and prominent Atlantans all the time on my beat: sports stars, entertainers, socialites, you name it. But I’m seldom intimidated.
Not so a few years ago during a corporate seminar where staff members were paired in teams of two. My partner was Maria Saporta, the legendary business reporter. I was terrified I’d say something dumb in the presence of one of Atlanta’s best-known and best-connected journalist.
As it turns out, of course, Maria’s as gracious as she is tenacious. It has been an honor to call her colleague and friend.
Even though she’s now writing for the competition, I want to tell you about the Golden Shoe Awards Celebration hosted by PEDS, a pedestrian advocacy group.
Saporta will by honored by the board of directors with PEDS’ first Lifetime Achievement Award during the ninth annual Golden Shoe Celebration. The event is from 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 5 at the Old Decatur Courthouse on the Square.
Catering is being donated by Decatur restaurants Raging Burrito, Badda-Bing, and Voila.
DJ Brian McGreevy will provide the tunes.
Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door. For info see the PEDS website.
Comments
By Amazed, no, stunned
October 31, 2008 9:33 AM | Link to this
Does no one else feel the incredible sense of irony in a hack like JBrett featuring a true writer like Maria Saporta in this lame column. And AJC management wonders why their circulation keeps declining when they pull moves like making The Social Butterfly a permanent fixture while letting dozens of outstanding journalists go out the front door with “packages”.
“Even though she’s now writing for the competition”…?!?!?!? Like she truly had a choice…
Newspapers—-R.I.P. At this rate and with this management, they will all be dead and gone by 2013.