Grant Blankenship
Grant came to public media after a career spent in newspaper photojournalism. As an all platform journalist he seeks to wed the values of public radio storytelling and the best of photojournalism online.
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Tropical depression Helene continues causing widespread damage inland after making landfall as a hurricane in Florida’s Big Bend region. The Associated Press says at least 35 people have died.
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A rare vanishing flower that grows in only two places on earth survives only because people weed its habitat.
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A 14-year-old boy is in custody after a high school shooting in Georgia killed four people and injured nine others. The community in the small town of Winder is grappling with the tragedy.
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There are concerns that a new election data system that's being pushed by conservative activists and is fueling many mass challenges of registrations could kick legitimate voters off the rolls.
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The three soldiers killed in the drone strike in Jordan were all from Georgia. Communities there are mourning their deaths.
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It took 20 years to get a piece of land in Georgia ready to host endangered woodpeckers. U.S. Fish and Wildlife recently approved moving some of the birds to the site. (Story aired on ATC on 1/2/24.)
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It took 20 years to get a piece of land in Georgia ready to host endangered woodpeckers. U.S. Fish and Wildlife recently approved moving some of the birds to the site.
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People in the small town of Plains — the birthplace of President Jimmy Carter — remember former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died Sunday at age 96.
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People in Plains, Ga., are remembering former first lady Rosalynn Carter. She died on Sunday and leaves behind a long legacy of advocacy of mental health and caring about others.
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Schools across the country lost track of students at alarming rates during the pandemic. Almost two years into the return of in-person education, schools still struggle with chronic absenteeism.