Amanda is a 10-time award-winning journalist who has been in the field for more than a decade. A graduate of Valdosta State University, where she was a features editor for the campus newspaper, Amanda has since moved on to embark on a career that has led her to winning top state awards through the Georgia Press Association.
She has been a lifestyles editor for The Valdosta Daily Times and a magazine editor for The Daily Times' monthly publication, Valdosta Scene, overseeing a small staff and being third-in-command in the newsroom. While at the Daily Times, she revamped the company's magazine, acted as a link between the community and readers and took on hard-hitting assignments that garnered her multiple accolades while remaining committed to community journalism.
Her leadership then took her to The Griffin Daily News, where she was a managing editor and department head who worked closely with the publisher and marketing manager. While there, she brought new light to the newspaper and its bimonthly magazine, Southern Crescent Living. She established new weekly departments for the newspaper while correlating opportunities for advertising and editorial to come together and share space on the pages.
Her awards include: two for Investigating Reporting (first and third place), Feature Photo (second place), three for Lifestyle Coverage (first and second places), Best Magazine Overall Design (first place), Magazine Cover Design (third place), Magazine Product (second place) and Religion Writing (third place).
The Associated Press has run 13 of her stories through its weekend wire, and she has had multiple stories to circulate both nationally and internationally in several print and digital publications. National Public Radio Atlanta (WABE) has interviewed Amanda about her work.
She has interviewed Adrian Peterson, Gov. Brian Kemp, Georgia First Lady Marty Kemp, Super Bowl Champ Malcolm Mitchell, Elizabeth Smart, two Harlem Globetrotters, Pam Tebow, Misty Copeland and the late Burt Reynolds. She has also photographed Shaquille O'Neal, Flo Rida and other public figures.
Amanda has a passion for storytelling and enjoys being a voice for the local community. While her work ranges from crime to business to education news, her heart lies in features journalism as it offers the chance to meet diverse people and share their stories in a way that matters. The readers and those she interviews will always come first for Amanda.
After a weekend storm led to a man's death and caused thousands to lose power, GA faces more severe storms on Monday with a tornado risk.
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The Cherokee County teenage boy's body was recovered a day after his boat was found circling in Lake Allatoona, authorities said.
The Cherokee man pled in a case where he was accused of being armed with a hammer and a machete while holding a woman against her will.
The Georgia woman revealed her plans for her massive $2 million lottery prize, which she won from a gifted ticket from her father.
Three people were found with a cutting tool near a hole in the fencing at the Fulton County Jail, authorities say.
There are plenty of other courses in FL that prioritize the aesthetics of their fairways and greens and test the golfers who play on them.
There are plenty of other courses in GA that prioritize the aesthetics of their fairways and greens and test the golfers who play on them.
The Social Security Administration has revealed which baby names were the most popular across the Sunshine State in 2024.
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A Georgia restaurant serves a "once-in-a-lifetime meal," according to Love Food.
A Good Samaritan held a man at gunpoint after he tried to carjack two vehicles in Cobb County, police said.
Georgia is one 13 states experiencing the cacophony of noise as cicadas emerge this year. Here's where you are likely to see and hear them.
Jury selection will soon start for the last of 28 defendants in the widely-watched YSL case that once included rapper Young Thug.
Weather officials on Wednesday told Patch the severe weather could continue after a couple of dry days in Georgia. See the latest timing.
NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal sent words of support to the son of "The Wire" actor after the student was thrown 300 feet by a tornado.
Federal officials have issued a public health alert for some packages of ground beef sold in MD due to possible E. Coli contamination.
Federal officials have issued a public health alert for certain packages of ground beef sold in GA due to possible E. Coli contamination.
The man was convicted of forcing a woman into a wood line and raping her at knifepoint behind a DeKalb County apartment complex.
