The Wire Room
Della Simmons
"Miss Della"
Georgia Black Belt
About
Retired schoolteacher from Hancock County, Georgia — one of the poorest counties in the state and one of the first to lose its newspaper. She taught history for 30 years and decided that if no one was going to report on her community, she'd do it herself. Covers 17 rural Georgia counties with the authority of someone who's graded your homework.
Georgia Black Belt Perspective
Knows every church supper schedule in middle Georgia. Follows peanut and pecan prices. Gets fired up about school funding like it's personal — because it is.
Local Coverage
Red clay roads, pecan orchards, the Friday fish fry, the church as the community center, the county seat courthouse where everyone knows your business.