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  • About Us     The SaportaReport Team: Maria Saporta is a longtime Atlanta business, civic and urban affairs journalist with a deep knowledge of our city, our region and state.  Currently, she is a freelance journalist who writes a weekly column and news stories for the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
 Until the end of August, 2008, Maria spent 27 years with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and became its business columnist in January, 1991. Maria received her Master’s degree in urban studies from Georgia State University in 1980 and her Bachelor’s degree in journalism from Boston University.
 In addition to the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Maria is writing a monthly column for the Association for Corporate Growth newsletter and is working with InsiderAdvantage/PollPosition.  Maria was born in Atlanta to European parents and has two young adult children. Lyle Harris is passionately commited to fostering an open and lively exchange of ideas and forging sustainable policy solutions critical to addressing metro Atlanta’s myriad challenges. In his 25-year journalism career, Lyle has worked for the Washington Post, the New York Daily News, and most recently, spent 17 years as a reporter, TV critic and editorial board writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. After resigning from the AJC in 2007, Lyle was a media and…
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    BRINGING HOME BABY

    By John Berry, Chief Executive Officer, SVdP Georgia Bringing home a new baby should be a joyous e...


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    Serving Safely

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Maria’s Metro

  • Amir Farokhi and Kris VaughnGeorgia Forward hopes new governor will adopt its visionOctober 15, 2018 - 5:44 pm
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David Pendered

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Jamil’s Georgia

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Eleanor Ringel Cater

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Tom Baxter

  • Kemp’s swipe at Amico weaves together several campaign threadsOctober 15, 2018 - 6:29 pm
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Lyle Harris

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Seen in Atlanta

  • GSU and surrounds by Kelly JordanOctober 15, 2018 - 4:11 pm
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Photo Picks

  • Photo Pick: Old Man by the Fountain at Woodruff Park by Michael HalickiOctober 15, 2018 - 9:40 am
  • Photo Pick: Science and art by Peggy CozartOctober 8, 2018 - 2:52 pm
  • Photo Pick: Lenny Kravitz at Chastain Amphitheater by Maria SaportaSeptember 24, 2018 - 6:14 pm

WABE

  • Learn4LifeFour civic giants work to improve Metro Atlanta educationJanuary 3, 2017 - 5:01 pm
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ATL Business Chronicle

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Stories of Atlanta by Lance

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