Hi! I am a Texas native who is thrilled to be your local Field Editor for Patch sites serving the communities of Cobb, Douglas and Paulding counties, specifically Marietta, East Cobb, Smyrna-Vinings, Douglasville and Dallas-Hiram.
I joined the Georgia Patch team in December 2020 and love to cover all things hyperlocal. If you have a news tip, email me at kara.mcintyre@patch.com.
Prior to Patch, I worked for Community Impact Newspaper -- a hyperlocal, monthly print newspaper company based in Austin, Texas -- as a reporter in the Houston, Texas area. I spent nearly two years there before moving to Georgia in January 2020 to launch CIN's first newspaper in the state as the Editor-in-Chief. Additionally, I spent three years on staff -- two of those years as editor-in-chief -- at my university's student-run weekly newspaper, The Wichitan.
More about me: I'm a cat mom of two living in Alpharetta. I love to read, watch one of my bajillion streaming services, watch movies and listen to podcasts.
The Georgia Department of Education awarded City Schools of Decatur, Brookhaven Innovation Academy and others with computer science grants.
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The Cobb County elections board denied three challenges aimed at disqualifying thousands of voters ahead of the Senate runoffs.
The Cobb County Schools Board of Education voted Dec. 17 to buy new sanitizing technologies for all 67 elementary schools in the district.
Atlanta-based Coca-Cola announced it will cut 500 Atlanta jobs due to financial struggles amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
City Schools of Decatur and DeKalb County School District have updated their reopening plans for the second semester of the 2020-21 year.
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Got a tabby cat in reindeer ears or a Doberman dressed as Santa? Patch wants to see your pet pics.
