Greg Bluestein

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Born|  (1982-05-25) May 25, 1982 (age 43)

Sandy Springs, Georgia

Nationality| American
Education| University of Georgia
Occupation| Journalist
Employer| The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Website| www.ajc.com/staff/greg-bluestein/

Greg Bluestein is an American journalist, author and TV analyst who covers Georgia politics for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has also written about former President Jimmy Carter and covered regional and national news as an Atlanta-based journalist for The Associated Press. He contributes to the Political Insider blog[1] and is host of the Politically Georgia podcast[2].

## Career[edit]

Bluestein was born in Atlanta, Georgia and graduated from the University of Georgia, where he was was editor of The Red & Black campus newspaper[3].

Bluestein spent seven years with The Associated Press, between 2005 and 2012, where he covered breaking news, politics and legal affairs. He reported on the execution of Troy Davis, [4] the post-presidency of Jimmy Carter [5] and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. [6], the Upper Big Branch Mine explosion[7] and the major tornado outbreak of 2011 in Alabama and Georgia[8].

He joined the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2012 to write about the political trends that shaped the region[9]. He covered the 2014 race for governor between Nathan Deal and Jason Carter and the 2016[10] and 2020[11] presidential elections. He has examined how Joe Biden won Georgia in 2020[12] and documented the political ascent of Stacey Abrams[13], Brian Kemp[14], Jon Ossoff[15], Raphael Warnock[16] and David Perdue[17]

During the 2016 presidential campaign, Bluestein contributed to a series of articles examining political change in the “Shifting South.”[18] He also has reported Georgia-related news from the Panama Canal Zone[19] and Israel[20].

Bluestein was dubbed Georgia's "chief political reporter" in an article in Atlanta Magazine[21] and the state's "ace" politics journalist by CNN Politics Editor Chris Cillizza. [22]

He is an MSNBC and NBC News political contributor [23] and author of "Flipped," a book to be published in March 2022 [24] on Georgia's transformation into a swing state.

## References[edit]

1. ↑ "AJC Political Insider blog". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
2. ↑ "AJC Politically Georgia Podcast". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
3. ↑ "Red & Black Appoints Eight Board Members". The Red and Black.
4. ↑ "Troy Davis executed after final appeals are denied". www.gainesvilletimes.com.
5. ↑ Greg Bluestein. "30 years later, still serving". www.inquirer.com.
6. ↑ Greg Bluestein; Harry R. Weber. "Mud plugs well; feds say much of Gulf oil is gone". Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
7. ↑ Bluestein, Greg. "W.Va. miner talks about underground explosion". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
8. ↑ Reeves, Jay; Bluestein, Greg. "South staggering in tornadoes' ruins". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
9. ↑ "40 Under 40 honoree profile: Greg Bluestein". August 27, 2021.
10. ↑ Bluestein, Greg. "Why the South is anything but solid for either Clinton or Trump". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
11. ↑ Bluestein, Greg. "A Georgian's guide to the Iowa caucus". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
12. ↑ Bluestein, Greg; Hallmerman, Tamar. "How Biden ended Georgia's 24-year Republican streak". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
13. ↑ Bluestein, Greg. "Updates: Stacey Abrams launches national expansion of voting rights group". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
14. ↑ Bluestein, Greg. "Governor's race revives a familiar feud between Kemp, Abrams" - via AJC.com.
15. ↑ Cillizza, Chris, ed. (April 17, 2017). "How a Georgia House race could rock the national political landscape | CNN Politics". CNN.
16. ↑ Bluestein, Greg. "Raphael Warnock, pastor of famed church, enters Georgia Senate race" - via AJC.com.
17. ↑ Bluestein, Greg. "AJC Interview: Inside Perdue's plan to defeat Kemp in 2022".
18. ↑ "The Shifting South". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
19. ↑ Bluestein, Greg. "Georgia's port push starts in Panama". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
20. ↑ Bluestein, Greg (27 June 2014). "Nathan Deal makes a play for Jewish voters in Georgia governor race". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
21. ↑ Wheatley, Thomas (April 27, 2021). "60 Voices: Jim Galloway and Greg Bluestein on covering Georgia politics".
22. ↑ Cillizza, Chris. "Inside the Georgia governor's hugely high-stakes coronavirus gamble". CNN.
23. ↑ https://twitter.com/msnbcpr/status/1486803260640047104
24. ↑ "Flipped by Greg Bluestein: 9780593489154 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com.

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