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How's the country covering the snow storm?

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Jan 30, 2014

According to the AJC's J. Scott Trubey, the national response to our first — and hopefully only — significant snowfall of 2014 hasn't been the usual razzing over our (brief) winters of discontent, but a media maelstrom.

A look at how some media outlets across the country have covered the snow storm and its impact on metro Atlanta:

» Politico: The day we lost Atlanta (written by Atlanta Magazine deputy editor Rebecca Burns)

» The Atlantic:  Snowpocalypse in Atlanta and 'The Walking Dead' (by Ga. Tech professor Ian Bogost)  |  How 2 inches of snow created a traffic nightmare in Atlanta (by Atlanta entrepreneur/journalist Connor Sen)

» CNN:  When 2.6 inches of snow made Hell freeze over (by Georgia Writers Hall of Fame inductee Melissa Fay Greene)  |  Was Atlanta asleep at the wheel?   |  Mayor Reed's appearance on CNN  |  Atlanta's total lack of preparedness  |  Atlanta's vehicle graveyard |  What other cities can learn from Atlanta's ice debacle

» L.A. Times: A case of "Dude, where's my car?"

» NY Times:  Mayor unapologetic in eye of the storm  |  Atlanta officials gamble on storm and lose, and others pay the price (by Atlanta bureau chief Kim Severson)

» Slate:  Atlanta is a regional transportation planning disaster  |  Civilization breaks down in South because of two lousy inches of snow. Who's to blame?  |  Atlanta's hellish commute is still going on

» Video: Al Roker on Atlanta's snow response

» Reuters: Ice storm turns Atlanta into parking lot (by Atlanta journalist David Beasley)

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