Bo Emerson

I'm an Atlanta native and a long-time AJC feature and news writer. (At my first newspaper job, in South Carolina, we used typewriters, copy paper and glue pots.) I've covered everything from Prince's Purple Rain tour to the Olympic bombing. I'm married to columnist Maureen Downey and we have four children.

Latest from Bo Emerson

Rosanne Cash on the 30th anniversery of ‘The Wheel’

Rosanne Cash back in Atlanta for 30th anniversary of ‘The Wheel’

Rosanne Cash on the 30th anniversary of ‘The Wheel’

He sold his Trans Am 30 years ago and spent 20 years trying to get it back

When jazz trumpeter and bandleader Joe Gransden finally tracked down the dream car from his adolescence, it was under a tree, providing a home for snakes, mice and mold.

At 50 years old, AJC Peachtree Road Race is enduring symbol of Atlanta

Walking the Peachtree with Julia Emmons, retired Track Club boss

People view Yang Yang at Zoo Atlanta on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. Atlanta has the last pandas in the U.S., and they’re slated to go back to China this year. (Ben Gray / Ben@BenGray.com)

New pandas coming to D.C.; Zoo Atlanta pandas will leave by year’s end

Atlanta Film Festival lures cinephiles back to the theaters

Tara extends run of documentary on folk artist Nellie Mae Rowe

Folk artist Nellie Mae Rowe gets her own film and historical marker

Theatrical rocker/comedian Darryl Rhoades recounts life over the edge

Atlanta's theatrical rocker/comedian Darryl Rhoades recounts life over the edge

Atlanta Jazz Festival 2024 brings a world of talent to Piedmont Park

Here are some of top performers at the Atlanta Jazz Festival 2024, including André 3000, Paquito D'Rivera 3000 and Lizz Wright, to Piedmont Park.

Georgia author Lillian Smith broke taboos, fought segregation

Georgia author and activist Lillian Smith published ‘Killers of the Dream’ 75 years ago. But many students of the South grow up unaware of Lillian Smith.