To our community
For more than a century and a half The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has stood for truth, democracy and progress.
Our mission is unchanged.
We stand on the work of thousands of journalists who over 158 years committed themselves to chronicling each moment. Our celebrations and our hardships. Our ambitions and our failures. Our divisions without losing sight of our shared destiny.
Journalism is essential to convening us around the stories that tell us who we are. Journalism is essential to exploring both problems and solutions – from every angle and with a clear understanding of the stakes.
That was true at the founding of The Atlanta Constitution in 1868. It is true today.
Understanding our heritage, today’s AJC strives to be the essential and most trusted source of news and information for Atlanta and Georgia.
We are the free and independent press our nation’s founders envisioned and enshrined in the First Amendment of the Constitution.
Our first duty is truth.
That starts with accuracy, fairness and a comprehensive accounting of the facts. Our democracy depends upon objective fact. Our journalism is built upon objective fact.
The AJC will always defend democracy and hold elected leaders accountable for their words and deeds.
Democracy is aspirational and inclusive. It is messy and heated.
It is most heated during election season, when we Americans exercise the fundamental right of choosing our leaders. The AJC is committed to ensuring that you understand the positions, achievements, failures and influences of all who seek your vote.
The brilliance of our founding documents is in the shared purpose and responsibility that is the bedrock of democracy. It is inclusive of all, with freedoms and rights granted equally.
The progress the AJC stands for is rooted in our nation’s desire to continually strive for a more perfect union.
It is work that endures; it is work that will never end.
It is work suited for journalists and our newsroom is driven by this mission.
Our journalists’ greatest value may be this: we are your neighbors.
We understand what makes Atlanta, Atlanta.
We understand what makes Georgia, Georgia.
We hold equal stakes with you for the success of our community, our state and our nation.
We are invested in how our schools perform, how our economy is built, how our communities are developed and how our freedoms are protected.
We share duty with you to protect our natural resources, support vulnerable communities and extend opportunity to all.
Atlanta is a place that nurtures dreams.
It is evident in Hank Aaron’s home run trot into history. In Ted Turner’s audacious vision. In Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s unwavering belief. In Margaret Mitchell’s imagination. In Robert Woodruff’s ambition. In Outkast’s unmistakable beats.
That list will continue to grow by honoring truth, protecting democracy, measuring progress by inclusion and the extension of equal opportunity.
And the AJC will be here to bear witness.
Our journalists' greatest value may be this: we are your neighbors.“