Email: jonathan.cribbs@patch.com
Phone: 678-490-6497
Hometown: Owings, Md.
Birthday: Aug. 2
Bio: I moved to the Atlanta metro area in 2008 and freelanced for several publications before The Champion Newspaper in Decatur hired me to cover the news in DeKalb County in 2009. I joined Patch in October 2010.
I live in the North Druid Hills community and have worked for daily and weekly newspapers in Maryland, Virginia and the Carolinas. I graduated from the University of Maryland in 2005 with a degree in English Language and Literature, a wonderful field of study that will challenge and engage you even as it lays the groundwork for your future unemployment. (But you'll know how to chart our nation's secular transformation from the works of Charles Brockden Brown to Seinfeld. FYI: Moby Dick is a turning point.)
I grew up in southern Maryland near the Chesapeake Bay. I'm a huge ice hockey fan and played the sport through middle and high school. I also love movies and own a somewhat sad collection of more than 500 movies.
As a journalist, I've covered everything from large national stories (the Washington, D.C., snipers in 2003) to the smallest story you can think of, including pizza day at Lady's Island Elementary School in Beaufort, S.C.
Patch has teamed up with James Patterson’s READKIDDOREAD program to bring you reading lists for every age. If you’re looking for some great summer reading options, check out this list of The Best Illustrated books from James Patterson.
Patch has teamed up with James Patterson’s READKIDDOREAD program to bring you reading lists for every age. If you’re looking for some great summer reading options, check this list of “Terrific Transitional” books from James Patterson.
Patch has teamed up with James Patterson’s READKIDDOREAD program to bring you reading lists for every age. Here, James Patterson’s summer reading picks for tweens and teens, ages 11-up.
The fundraiser and raffle will be held at the market from 11am - 2pm Saturday.
The popular chicken restaurant likely won't know its opening day until two weeks before it opens, a Zaxby's representative said.
The summer camp for kids with cancer has grown from 44 campers to 400-plus.
Tava & Grill in Atlanta has moved to Jimmy Carter Boulevard as an establishment with Halal-American food.
After shutting down its location on DeKalb Industrial Way a year ago, the Indian restaurant has reopened on Jimmy Carter Boulevard. But don't expect the same thing...
A Lakeside High School student is among the center's advocates who have argued with the DeKalb County School System to keep it open.
The suspect robbed the restaurant and fled into nearby woods early Wednesday morning.
A local resident called police after he spotted a man hitchhiking in the Medlock neighborhood in his underwear Saturday morning.
Two shops near the Brookhaven and Chamblee communities were cited in a recent DeKalb police initiative to crack down on alcohol sales to underage customers.
The top five stories from the previous week in North Druid Hills-Briarcliff Patch.
Six shops in the North Druid Hills-Briarcliff area were cited in a recent DeKalb County police initiative to crack down on the sale of alcohol to underage customers.
San Antonio's defense and two goals from Pablo Campos proved too much for Atlanta on Saturday at Heroes Stadium.
A selection of recent crimes in the North Druid Hills-Briarcliff area reported to DeKalb County police.
The top 10 headlines from metro Atlanta Patches for Friday, June 8, 2012.
Six incidents – four car break-ins, two thefts – occurred near Lavista Road in the Oak Grove area from Sunday to Tuesday, according to DeKalb County police.
Jeremy Turner won the award, given by DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis, for creating Contribute2America, which serves homeless and near homeless people.
DeKalb County Animal Services is offering a discount $60 adoption fee starting Monday through Friday, June 15.
