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Even more bad news for Atlanta local journalism: @atlpresscollective.com, which has extensively covered "Cop City", ICE, and Flock cameras, and a finalist for the @inn.org Insight Award for Visual Journalism, announced today that they have run out of cash to stay open beyond the end of March.

Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com

More bad news for Atlanta local journalism: Mariann Martin, Co-founder, Operations and Editorial Director of @canopyatl.bsky.social, announced her departure from the newsroom yesterday. The award-winning nonprofit and Press Forward grantee has not published a single story since Dec. 2025.

Writing for @thexylom.com, I also collaborated with @atlpresscollective.com @atlantaciviccircle.org to publish this story on why Georgia Power's plan to freeze base rates until 2028 was too good to be true. The story foreshadowed voter anger over the PSC, which powered two Democratic landslides:

thexylom.comGeorgia Power Poised To Freeze Base Rates Until 2028 — With a CatchUnlike the 2022 plan, the proposed extension doesn’t include any pre-approved rate hikes, but there’s a catch. Georgia Power signaled it will file a separate rate case in 2026 to recover an estimated ...

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Why should you care about the ACPC's financial crisis, even? 1. Atlanta is the most surveilled city in the *world* outside China, with one camera per EIGHT people. 2. "Cop City" protestors were hit with RICO charges for 1st Amendment-protected activities such as handing out flyers and mutual aid.

atlpresscollective.comAtlanta surveillance camera network mapping with Taylor SheltonUsing APD data obtained via open records request, Taylor Shelton maps Atlanta's camera network and explores the city's surveillance strategy.
Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com

Why should you care about the AJC, despite its numerous recent failures in journalism? 1. The FBI just raided the Fulton County elections office to help Trump rehash his "Stop the Steal" myth 2. The city is hosting the World Cup semis 3. All statewide row offices are up for reelection in November

3. The Atlanta Police Foundation's CEO literally testified in court under oath that @atlpresscollective.com had no right to request APF's records under Georgia’s Open Records Act, because their coverage would be used to “terrorize” the companies building it. (ACPC won the court case)

slate.comA Key Fight Over the Most Infamous Police Project in the Country Is Coming to a HeadThe story of Cop City is both deeply local and intensely emblematic of national trends.