George Chidi

George Chidi is a former reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. His career began as an Army journalist in 1995. 

George holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from UMass Amherst and an MBA from Georgia Tech. In the rare moments George isn't writing or reporting on crime and politics for The Atlanta Objective, he covers Georgia for The Intercept and Rolling Stone and contributes a column to the local publication Decaturish.

 He has written for CNN.com, the Guardian, VICE News, INC Magazine, and other publications. His work examining the causes of Atlanta's increase in violent crime has won numerous awards: the inaugural John Lewis writers award from the Georgia Writers Association, a Guggenheim fellowship for crime reporting, and the national award for public affairs writing from the Society for Professional Journalists.