Atlanta Tribune

The Atlanta Tribune is a monthly news magazine published in Atlanta in the U.S. state of Georgia, focused on the African American business community of that city.[1]

Atlanta Tribune
FrequencyMonthly
FormatNews magazine
PublisherReal Times Media
FounderKermit Thomas
Founded1986
Websiteatlantatribune.com

History

Kermit Thomas established the Tribune in 1986, and soon turned it over to George and Patricia Lottier, who built it up, and whose relatives own the Baltimore Afro-American.[2] The paper focuses on a readership of affluent African Americans.[3][4] The paper is now owned by Real Times Media, publisher of the Michigan Chronicle, the Chicago Defender, and the Atlanta Daily World.[5]

The Rev. Darryl Gray, an alumnus of the Tribune, started the Black-oriented Provincial Monitor in Nova Scotia in 1990.[6] In 2001 Frederick D. Robinson was appointed editor.[7] The Tribune published weekly as of 2004.[8]

The Tribune celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2016.[9] A 2020 Wall Street Journal article noted that the Tribune "celebrated Coke in 2016 with a photo of 17 of the company's Black women executives," but that fewer than half of those executives remained four years later.[10]

A previous publication with the same name was the subject of an investigation for improper fundraising in 1981; however, the papers do not appear to be connected.[11]

References
  1. "Atlanta Tribune." The American Directory of Writer's Guidelines, 5th edition, compiled by Stephen Blake Mettee, Michelle Doland, and Doris Hall, Quill Driver Books/Word Dancer Press, Inc., 2006, pp. 53–55.
  2. "Patricia Ann Lottier." The HistoryMakers.
  3. Poole, Sheila M. "Atlanta Tribune finds its niche among blacks." The Atlanta Constitution, 12 November 1992, p. 87.
  4. Poe, Janita. "Magazine serves affluent niche." The Atlanta Constitution, 17 September 2000, p. 76.
  5. "Atlanta Tribune Magazine." Mondo Times.
  6. "Black-Oriented Paper Launched in Nova Scotia". Editor & Publisher. Duncan McIntosh. December 22, 1990. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  7. "Atlanta Tribune picks editor for magazine." The Atlanta Constitution, 10 October 2001, p. 104.
  8. Fitzgerald, Mark (November 2004). "Black Is Back". Editor & Publisher. Duncan McIntosh. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  9. Floyd, Safon. "The Atlanta Tribune celebrates 30 years of publishing." Black Enterprise, 17 May 2016.
  10. Maloney, Jennifer; Weber, Lauren (December 17, 2020). "Coke's Elusive Goal: Boosting Its Black Employees—Two decades after historic lawsuit, its diversity efforts have lost ground". The Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition. p. A1.
  11. Epstein, Gail. "Not Raising Funds, Says Publisher." The Atlanta Constitution, 19 June 1981, p. 53.
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