Rebecca Burns – Journalist | Author | Itinerant Instructor I’m a Georgia-based journalist and author My work focuses on urban planning and development, civil and human rights, and social and economic justice I’ve written three books on Atlanta history
Articles – Rebecca Burns How Sanders is setting out to prove himself to a new generation of civil rights activists The civil rights icon and venerable congressman embraces his newest designation: comic book convention hero The rebuilding of New Orleans’s massive City Park is one of the great post-Katrina success stories
Keynotes, Lectures Panels – Rebecca Burns Lecture: “From Deadly Race Riot to the Birthplace of Civil Rights,” Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Park, October 2018 Keynote and Workshop: Roswell Reads My book Burial for a King was selected as the city-wide read for 2018, and I spent a weekend in various events March 2018
Rage in the Gate City – Rebecca Burns After four days of violence, black and white civic leaders came together in unprecedented meetings that can be viewed as either concerted public relations efforts to downplay the events, or as setting the stage for Atlanta’s Civil Rights leadership half a century later
Teaching – Rebecca Burns Courses taught: Advanced Magazine Writing, Magazine Writing, Writing and Reporting Across Platforms, Multiplatform Story Production University of Georgia: Professional in Residence Gave lectures on digital portfolios followed by week-long series of lab sessions with students in all reporting classes Emory University: Adjunct Professor
Burial for a King – Rebecca Burns Burial for a King (Scribner, 2011) is an account of this landmark week It encapsulates King’s legacy, America’s shifting attitude toward race, and the emergence of Atlanta as a new kind of Southern city What people have said about the book
Media Appearances – Rebecca Burns WABE, 90 1 FM “Three Page Turners from Rebecca Burns,” December 12, 2013 WSB Radio, 750 AM, “Braves Move to Cobb,” on the Erick Erickson Show, November 13, 2013 WABE, 90 1 FM Syndicated, “Between the Lines,” February 17, 2011 WABE, 90 1 FM, Atlanta, “Atlanta Morning Edition,” January 20, 2011