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Rickey Bevington

Rickey Bevington

Host/Executive Producer

Radio

Rickey comes to you every weeknight from 4 - 6:30 PM on GPB Radio delivering the latest Georgia news during All Things Considered. You can also see her on GPB-TV's award-winning Georgia Traveler, where co-host Rickey will be visiting Civil War sites throughout the state. Rickey's work has been featured on National Public Radio, the PBS NewsHour, and The Takeaway. During her tenure as Host/Executive Producer of GPB Radio's Georgia Gazette, the program was recognized with a national Public Radio News Directors International award. In 2008, the Atlanta Press Club nominated Rickey for Journalist of the Year. She has won numerous journalism awards, including a GABBY award for her coverage of Georgia music. Rickey received an Emmy nomination for her work on a biography of Flannery O'Connor. Rickey attended the Putney School in Vermont, Barnard College in New York City. Before joining GPB, Rickey worked at Showtime Networks, WFSB-TV (CBS) and WNPR Connecticut Public Radio in Hartford.

Recent News Articles

Georgia Gets New Superfund Site
September 15, 2011 - 3:04pm
A middle Georgia site is now on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund list. The listing makes cleaning up the Armstrong World Industries site in Macon site a priority to protect people’s...
Georgia Gets New License Plate
August 22, 2011 - 4:32pm
Come this fall, general issue license plates will have a new design. State officials Monday unveiled the colorful design featuring four orange peaches, a green field, blue sky, and a tree with pink...
Wildfires Create Smoky Conditions
June 10, 2011 - 3:53pm
Wildfires burning in southeast Georgia’s Okefenokee Wildlife Refuge are creating smoky conditions for locals. Firefighters say the most dangerous air quality conditions are in the early morning and...
Georgia Eyes Federal Transportation Center
May 12, 2011 - 11:58am
Georgia is hoping to out-bid Tennessee for a federal transportation research center. Gov. Nathan Deal says if the state wins the so-called University Transportation Center, it comes with a $2.25...
Chambliss Bill Supports Guantanamo
May 12, 2011 - 11:40am
Georgia Republican Saxby Chambliss is among a group of Senators pushing a bill to keep the Guantanamo Bay prison open. The detention facility off the island of Cuba holds terrorism suspects. The...

Recent Blog Posts

Family-Friendly Halloween Fun
Georgia Traveler - October 20, 2011 - 11:25am
Hey Georgia Travelers! Check out all the interesting Georgia places to get you and your family into the Halloween spirit! ATLANTA, October 20, 2011 – With Halloween just around the corner, Georgia...
Fun Trip To Adairsville!
Georgia Traveler - October 2, 2011 - 1:34pm
We had a great shoot Saturday at the 43rs Annual Great Locomotive Chase Festival in historic downtown Adairsville. We visited the Adairsville Rail Depot Age of Steam Museum, watched the parade, ate...
'Explore Georgia' Goes Mobile
Georgia Traveler - September 27, 2011 - 1:36pm
Hey Georgia Travelers! You can take exploring Georgia to a whole new level with your mobile device. Check out these details ... Georgia Tourism, a division of the Georgia Department of Economic...
Today In Georgia History
Georgia Traveler - September 2, 2011 - 5:30pm
Hey Georgia Travelers! We're having a ball traveling all over the state shooting and producing stories for our upcoming season of the show. Tune in for my visits to Chickamauga Battlefield,...
Rare Civil War Letter On Display
Georgia Traveler - August 18, 2011 - 2:00pm
Hey Georgia Travelers! You can soon see for yourselves more rare Civil War artifacts discovered this year in Millen at the Camp Lawton prison stockade. Here's GPB's Orlando Montoya's report on the...

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