FREELANCE WORK
- Ada Wood
- Nov 18, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Sep 30
Following my graduation in May 2021 and the completion of my internship at CNN, I began working as a freelance journalist. Soon after, I began a full-time, long-term position at Canopy Atlanta. I picked up some projects here and there but then began doing it more consistently again in November 2024. Here is some of the work I did as a freelancer:
Story: Power to the People
Story: Black residents bear the weight of the water affordability crisis in DeKalb County
Story: Tortuguita’s parents sue police for civil rights violations against slain forest defender
Story: Meet the ICE Chasers: the rapid response team keeping communities informed on ICE sightings
Story: Why we protest: Voices of those fighting back during Trump’s first days in office
Story: A life in the shadows: Confronting the challenges of immigration
Atlanta Civic Circle
The Cost of Living Project
Story: My Two Cents: Meet this Senior Financial Analyst from East Atlanta
Story: The least of these: How is the Christian church responding to Atlanta’s cost of living crisis?
Story: When givers can’t give
Story: My Two Cents: “Apartments and rentals are getting big for their britches”
Story: My Two Cents: Their dream job doesn’t pay. Their real job barely does.
Story: My Two Cents: This 25-year-old took out a loan to live on his own for the first time
Canopy Atlanta
Story: How Forest Park residents want their taxpayer dollars spent
Community Listening and Resource Building for the Forest Park and Bankhead Issues
Fact-checking
Atlanta magazine
Fact-checking for several print issues
CNN
