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Emily Merwin DiRico has been doing information design and news application development at the AJC since she arrived as a summer intern in 2009. Her mission is to help readers understand complex data and how it affects them.
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Trump’s Justice Department requests Fulton County’s 2020 election records
The Department of Justice letter to Georgia’s largest county suggests the Trump administration remains focused on the 2020 race.
He’s 24. Black. And nearly unseated a four-term mayor where most voters were white.
At 24, Sam Foster is a political newcomer who fell just short of unseating a four-term mayor.
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Greene says she regrets ‘toxic politics’ as split with Trump widens
Amid an ongoing political makeover, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene urges a kinder tone and says the president’s attacks put her at risk.
Long-range plan could significantly change Atlanta’s schools
Declining enrollment and rising costs led APS officials to develop a plan that would “repurpose” 16 school buildings. A public hearing is scheduled for Dec. 3.
‘Digital is real time, print is lifetime’: Farewells to the paper AJC
From the sound of the presses to framing special front pages, those who helped build the AJC share their memories.

