Mike Jordan
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Mike Jordan is senior editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Black culture brand, UATL. A longtime culture journalist prior to joining the AJC, his work has been frequently published in The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, National Geographic, Rolling Stone, Southern Living, Atlanta magazine and Thrillist, where he launched the Atlanta edition in 2008 as its founding editor. Jordan is also a cofounder of community journalism organization Canopy Atlanta, and serves on the Atlanta Press Club’s board of directors. He is also the 2024 winner of the James Beard Foundation’s Jonathan Gold Local Voice Award, for which he was also a finalist in 2023.
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