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Margaret Coker

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Margaret Coker, the editor-in-chief, started her two-decade career in journalism at Cox Newspapers before going to work at The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. In that time she covered stories from 32 countries on four continents.

Margaret has won numerous national journalism prizes for investigative, business and diplomatic reporting as well as feature writing. She led a team of Wall Street Journal reporters named as finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting in 2017.

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News Stories by Margaret Coker

 Dominic Box Dominic Box speaking with conservative radio host John Fredericks at a news conference with Republican gubernatorial candidate David Perdue and former Alaska governor and U.S. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport, May 20, 2022 Credit: Craig Nelson/The Current GA

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Savannah man charged for stoking violence at Capitol on Jan. 6

Savannah political activist Dominic Box is facing four federal criminal charges of trespassing, violence and disorderly conduct at the U.S. Capitol for his alleged role in the mob that sought to overturn the 2020 election in which President Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump.

December 20, 2022
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  • Margaret Coker
 A TitleMax location in Savannah, Georgia. Credit: Malcolm Jackson for ProPublica

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How title lenders trap poor Georgians in debt with triple-digit interest rates

For some Georgia residents, title pawn contracts offer a quick way to obtain desperately needed cash. But poor regulation of a confusing system traps many borrowers in high-interest debt they can’t pay off.

November 15, 2022
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  • Margaret Coker
A U.S. Army Airborne Ranger soldier

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Three Army Rangers have died since July at Hunter Army Airfield, officials say. Two were suicides

Three soldiers from the 75th Ranger Regiment have died between July 31 and Oct. 6 at Hunter Army Airfield. 

October 14, 2022
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  • Jake Shore and
  • Margaret Coker
Brunswick Confederate monument loaded on truck

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After two years of jockeying Brunswick's Confederate monument finally comes down

For almost two years, as Brunswick and Glynn County came to grips with the racially motivated murder of Ahmaud Arbery, community organizations have been lobbying for removal of the stark reminder of Coastal Georgia’s legacy of white supremacy and slavery. 

May 18, 2022
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  • Margaret Coker
Glynn County Courthouse

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Former Brunswick DA claims vendetta by Glynn County officials

In a 20-page motion filed in Glynn County Superior Court on Wednesday, Jackie Johnson’s lawyers asked for the two charges brought by Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr against her to be dropped, calling the accusations “wholly specious, unjust” and “an impermissible, politically motivated ‘hit job.'” It claims that within 3 hours of Ahmaud Arbery’s death that Glynn County police decided not to charge the men involved.

March 25, 2022
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