J. Scott Trubey

J. Scott Trubey

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J. Scott Trubey is the senior editor over business, climate and environment coverage at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He is a former investigative reporter for the AJC, with a specialty in banking, real estate and public corruption. Trubey previously served as a business reporter for the AJC covering banking, commercial real estate and economic development. He’s previously covered banking, airlines, hospitality and tourism, crime and government at newspapers in Atlanta and Augusta, Ga. He joined the AJC in 2010.

J. Scott Trubey staff image

J. Scott Trubey is the senior editor over business, climate and environment coverage at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He is a former investigative reporter for the AJC, with a specialty in banking, real estate and public corruption. Trubey previously served as a business reporter for the AJC covering banking, commercial real estate and economic development. He’s previously covered banking, airlines, hospitality and tourism, crime and government at newspapers in Atlanta and Augusta, Ga. He joined the AJC in 2010.

Latest from J. Scott Trubey

Spain vs. Cape Verde World Cup

World Cup get-in price for Spain vs. Cape Verde tops $500

The price of admission has been a controversial subject for what’s been called the most expensive World Cup ever.

Gas prices in Atlanta and Cobb

As Georgia’s gas tax pause ends, here’s what motorists can expect to pay

Gas prices are elevated in metro Atlanta and around Georgia thanks to the conflict in the Middle East.

Cox Enterprises headquarters

Cox Enterprises promotes two leaders to key C-suite positions

Two executive promotions at Cox Enterprises will become effective this summer.

Old and New

Andrew Morse to step down, Paul Curran named AJC president and publisher

Cox Enterprises names Paul Curran president and publisher of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution to sustain its journalism and continue digital transformation.

Stills from "ICE Sweeps Georgia" Peabody Win

Peabody Awards recognizes the AJC’s ‘ICE Sweeps Georgia’ video series

The AJC’s “ICE Sweeps Georgia” social video series was a unanimous selection of Peabody jurors in the Interactive & Immersive category.

Blue Ops Drone

Maker of military drone boats expands in Georgia, plans more than 200 jobs

Blue Ops has leased a former Regal Boats facility in Valdosta for a new manufacturing campus where it will build “uncrewed surface vessels” or USVs.

Ed McBrayer

Ed McBrayer, co-founder of PATH who helped shape Atlanta, dies at 81

The co-founder of the PATH Foundation — who backed the Beltline, Silver Comet Trail and other beloved trails — helped remake the region.

QCells manufacturing facility,

Georgia solar panel maker is returning to full production after a pause

In November, Qcells announced it was furloughing workers and reducing shifts, moves that affected about 1,000 workers or a little more than a quarter of its Georgia workforce.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution newsroom in Midtown Atlanta on Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (Natrice Miller/AJC)

The AJC to cut staff as it continues digital transformation

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said Tuesday it will lay off staffers in the newsroom and other segments of the business.

The clearance for the G700 from the FAA paves the way for Gulfstream to start delivering the jet to customers who have placed orders.

Georgia’s Gulfstream finds itself in U.S. trade dogfight with Canada

Savannah-based Gulfstream finds itself in the middle of a political trade dispute after President Donald Trump threatened to slap tariffs on and decertify Canadian-made planes