Canopy Atlanta is a community-led journalism project founded in 2020. We partner with specific communities in the metro area to choose, report, and present stories. Check out how we did this through our inaugural issue in West End here: https://canopyatlanta.org/west-end/

Our Forest Park issue will be released in early fall. Your story idea must be rooted in some way in or about Forest Park—maybe it's an issue specific to the area; a piece of its history; or a way in which something happening Forest Park is representative of a bigger issue. We commission written stories (short and longform), photo essays, audio, graphic ideas, and more. We pay competitively and would prioritize pitches from journalists with Forest Park/ClayCo connections (though that's not required to work with us).

Working with Canopy Atlanta may be different: We collaborate with community members—which means our acceptance of your pitch may be based on what feedback we hear from Forest Park and our Forest Park Community Editorial Board, who'll help choose story angles. You may also be working with a Forest Park Journalism Fellow—community members who we're training—who may contribute reporting, and you'll be expected to partake in some editorial meetings to facilitate collaboration. (For an example, see our story about West End's "water boys," on which local writer Gavin Godfrey and West End Fellow Aboubacar Kante collaborated: https://canopyatlanta.org/west-end/water-boys/).

You likely won't hear conclusively about an idea you send us until mid- to late June.

You can either fill out the below form, or email a pitch to hello@canopyatlanta.org.

Questions? We'd love to chat. Email us at hello@canopyatlanta.org