{"id":4,"date":"2010-01-07T20:44:26","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T03:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-04-17T16:09:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:09:56","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/roughdraftatlanta.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Editorial Team<\/a> | Business Team<\/a> | Ethics<\/a> | Company News<\/a><\/strong> |<\/strong> Advertise<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rough Draft Atlanta is a metro Atlanta\u2013based local media organization that owns and operates multiple community news brands, including Atlanta Intown, Rough Draft in Print (formerly, Reporter Newspapers), and Georgia Voice, serving distinct audiences across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We publish monthly print newspapers and the Rough Draft suite of newsletters. With a combined monthly readership of almost 1 million across print and digital, our products reach metro Atlanta\u2019s most dynamic and influential communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rough Draft in Print<\/a> (print circ: 70,500) is published monthly and covers five communities: Brookhaven, Buckhead, Dunwoody, Norcross, Sandy Springs, and Tucker.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Distribution areas includes ZIP codes 30305, 30318, 30319, 30326, 30327, 30328, 30338, 30342, 30350, 30084, 30092.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Atlanta Intown<\/a> (print circ: 27,000) reaches the intown communities from Midtown to Grant Park and from Emory to the Westside. Intown’s coverage includes ZIP codes 30306, 30307, 30308, 30309, and 30312. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founded in 1994, Intown pioneered hyperlocal news in Atlanta with a mission to inform and empower readers while helping build community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Georgia Voice<\/a> (circ: 3,000) covers the region’s thriving LGBTQ+ community and is distributed at key local businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reporter Newspapers and Atlanta Intown are distributed via direct mail to ensure delivery to homes as well as at hundreds of local businesses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rough Draft<\/a>, a morning newsletter that is a clever, curated, and concise look at what’s happening around metro Atlanta. As of April 2026, Rough Draft had 44,000 daily email subscribers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Community<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We are active members of The Atlanta Press Club<\/a>, Georgia Press Association<\/a>, Greater Perimeter Chamber<\/a>, Brookhaven Chamber of Commerce<\/a>, Central Atlanta Progress<\/a>, Midtown Alliance<\/a>, Livable Buckhead<\/a>, and the Buckhead Business Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Julie E. Bloemeke is the newsletter producer and editor for Rough Draft Atlanta. She is also a freelance writer, editor, and award-winning poet. More by Julie E. Bloemeke<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t