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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.
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2025 Atlanta media year in review: CNN sale, ‘Bert Show’ ends, CBS swap
This year brought big changes to Atlanta media. Here’s a look back at the city’s biggest TV, film and radio stories of 2025.
Bookshelf: 5 nonfiction books we can’t wait to read in 2026
A memoir from Tom Junod and essays from Jesmyn Ward and Anjali Enjeti are among upcoming releases.
‘Stranger Things’ has cast a spell on metro Atlanta for a decade
As final season debuts, Jackson and other filming locations hope the residual power of fandom lingers.
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Judge keeps alive subpoenas of Fulton County’s 2020 ballots
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney clears the way for Georgia's State Election Board to obtain Fulton ballots and other documents from the 2020 election.
Winter’s here, but warmer forecast means snow is far from certain
Despite recent frigid temperatures, this season might feel more like a typical late fall in the Peach State, making for slim chances to see any snow.
Philanthropy helped shape Atlanta. Here’s how that legacy endures.
Philanthropy helped shape Atlanta. And foundation-giving has had huge ripple effects not only in the metro area, but far beyond Georgia.