Canopy Atlanta Inc

Canopy Atlanta is a community-led nonprofit journalism project founded in 2020. We choose, report, and present stories with Atlantans, redefining who journalism is by and for.

Our mission is to equip metro Atlantans to report in collaboration with experienced journalists about the issues their communities care about most. We tell stories that directly respond to neighborhood needs, partner with existing community information systems, and build neighborhoods’ capacity to keep obtaining information from public records, officials, or archives.

Each Canopy Atlanta issue focuses on a different neighborhood in metro Atlanta’s five core counties. We've published award-winning reporting in collaboration with more than 150 metro Atlantans for our first two issues in West End and Forest Park; deeply trained 10 residents to be community journalists as our Fellows; and partnered with community organizations and hosted live events. 

Our work has been featured in Columbia Journalism Review, Nieman Lab, the Atlantic, the American Press Institute, and others. Join our mission to make journalism more collaborative by supporting our work.