Justin Price

Justin Price is a data reporter who works to uncover societal issues, disparities, and injustices. He joined the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2023 from Phoenix where he spent five years as a journalist on the investigative team at The Arizona Republic, shining light on prison labor, police misconduct and charter schools. Price is graduate of Arizona State University and a part-time student returning for a bachelor’s degree in data science.

Latest from Justin Price

Children suffered burns and beatings. Georgia calls it quality daycare.

Georgia's daycare quality rating system is flawed with the state advertising hundreds of centers as quality daycares despite serious incidents of putting kids at risk.

Georgia officials watched, waited as carpet mills polluted water with toxic chemicals

The state Environmental Protection Division did little to confront the PFAS problem, even as scientists and regulators became concerned about the threat of forever chemicals.

The South leads in hysterectomies — especially for Black women. Here’s why.

More doctors advocate for alternatives to uterus removal, but the procedure is still more common in Southern states.

‘This is what Juneteenth is all about,’ Atlanta founder says of weekend celebration

The second day of the Juneteenth Atlanta fest kicked off under mostly sunny skies after Saturday’s disruptive downpours drenched festival goers and left swaths of the Piedmont...

EPA to roll back regulations on some toxic chemicals found in Georgia

Federal data reveals 48 Georgia public water systems have reported the presence of these “forever chemicals.”

As Kemp’s litigation overhaul bills moves through Legislature, other bills join in on effort

Several other efforts to shield companies from liability are also moving through the Georgia legislature.

GSP’s aggressive pursuit culture endangers public like few other state agencies in the country, AJC finds

The major takeaways from the AJC's investigation of the GSP's pursuit policies and how they affect bystanders

Bystanders, passengers injured in Ga. State Patrol pursuits have few legal protections

Georgia's Department of Public Safety, including GSP, is often shielded from lawsuits, giving the agency wide discretion in chases.

Georgia State Patrol tactic meant to end chases leads to death at high speeds

State troopers face few limits in using the PIT maneuver at high speeds, leading to 19 deaths and hundreds of injuries.

Chases Unchecked Part 1: How state patrol pursuits endanger Georgians

An AJC investigation of 6,700 GSP pursuits found more than half ended in crashes, often injuring bystanders.