Senior way of life reporter is proud to see Black of us creating and constructing neighborhood.
UATL senior editor Mike Jordan.
As the yr winds down it’s time to rejoice, recap and replicate.
UATL’s employees members are wanting again at Black tradition and remembering what mattered in 2025. In this story, senior way of life reporter Mike Jordan shares reminiscences of the yr that was.
What was one of many largest moments in Black tradition in Atlanta in 2025?
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Name somebody who mattered in Black tradition, and inform us why:
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What was certainly one of your favourite albums launched in 2025, and why?
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Tell us which movie you loved most this year, and why:
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What do you assume modified in Black tradition for the higher in 2025?
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What is one thing you hope to go away in 2025 and never revisit in 2026?
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What was one thing that individuals ought to have paid extra consideration to this yr, in your opinion?
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What do you count on Atlanta to be like through the World Cup?
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Mike Jordan is senior editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Black tradition model, UATL. A longtime tradition journalist, his work has been revealed in The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, National Geographic, Rolling Stone and others. Jordan gained the James Beard Foundation’s 2024 Jonathan Gold Local Voice Award and was a 2023 finalist.
Mike Jordan is senior editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Black tradition model, UATL. A longtime tradition journalist, his work has been revealed in The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, National Geographic, Rolling Stone and others. Jordan gained the James Beard Foundation’s 2024 Jonathan Gold Local Voice Award and was a 2023 finalist.