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Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow

Veteran multimedia journalist Liz Jarvis Fabian has been on the frontlines of the headlines in Middle Georgia for more than 40 years. The former hurricane chaser and news anchor for The Weather Channel won numerous awards for spot news and writing both hard news and feature stories. In 2017, she was chosen by the Associated Press as Georgia’s Best Beat Reporter from among the state’s leading newspapers for her extensive live coverage of Hurricane Irma. Fabian has worked at all of Macon’s television stations in a variety of roles including news anchor, managing editor, reporter, weathercaster, producer, videographer and editor.

A native of New York’s Long Island, Fabian moved south with her family to Milledgeville, Ga., while she was in high school. She began studying journalism at Georgia College where she received a Bachelor’s degree in English with a minor in speech and drama.  She wrote for the campus newspaper, the Colonnade, and served as morning news director for the WXGC radio station.  Although she began working in television before graduation, her radio skills would later come in handy anchoring nightly newscasts for WSB radio in Atlanta and for the Mix in the Morning and NewsTalkCentral morning shows in Macon.

While at WMAZ-TV, she earned numerous accolades for her live reporting during the Great Flood of ’94 and was recruited to provide satellite coverage of the aftermath of the Centennial Olympic Park Bombing for the Gannett (Tegna) broadcasting network. Before joining the Center for Collaborative Journalism, she served as The Telegraph’s premiere multimedia journalist and its first social media interactivity editor.  Her on-scene reporting of the Pactiv packaging plant fire and videos from the 2008 Mother’s Day tornado outbreak helped earn President’s Awards from the McClatchy corporation.  Liz considers her greatest honor to be nicknamed by her broadcast colleagues as “The most trusted journalist in all of Middle Georgia.”

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This Week At The Macon Newsroom (March 25th, 2024 Edition)

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
March 25, 2024

This Week At The Macon Newsroom (March 18th, 2024 Edition)

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
March 18, 2024
Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful founder Carolyn Crayton, (right) prepares to cut the organizations 50th anniversary cake with KMBBs current executive director, Asha Ellen.

Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful marks golden anniversary

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
March 14, 2024

This Week At The Macon Newsroom (March 12th, 2024 Edition)

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
March 12, 2024
Macon-Bibb Countys new Atrium Health Amphitheater opens March 24 with ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Take a sneak peek inside Macon-Bibb’s new amphitheater

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
March 12, 2024

This Week At The Macon Newsroom (February 26th, 2024 Edition)

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
February 26, 2024
Macons new Family Justice Center has a contract on the former Virgil Powers school building to serve as the One Safe Place location for victim services.

Old Virgil Powers school could become ‘One Safe Place’ 

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
February 16, 2024
The Friends of Rosa Parks Square board placed a wreath at the park that bears her name in honor of the late Civil Rights leaders 111th birthday on Feb. 4, 2024.

With $2.5 million, what’s next for Rosa Parks Square?

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
February 12, 2024
County funds Rosa Parks Square, blocks north Macon housing

County funds Rosa Parks Square, blocks north Macon housing

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
February 7, 2024
An accessory building was approved for 2730 Vineville Ave. during the Feb. 5 meeting of the Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission.

Macon-Bibb Planning & Zoning approves 4 projects in 7 minutes

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
February 6, 2024
Historic Luther Williams Field will be featured in a baseball-themed commercial for a technology company that will be filming Feb. 7.

Casting baseball players, extras to film commercial in Macon

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
January 24, 2024
The Society Garden was originally permitted for 50 patrons in 2017, but now regularly exceeds that with an expanded outdoor stage and stadium seating.

Has Society Garden gotten too big for its Ingleside neighbors?

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
January 23, 2024

This Week At The Macon Newsroom (January 22nd, 2023 Edition)

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
January 22, 2024
Macon-Bibb County is expected to purchase the former Macon Charter Academy property and tear down this building to make way for affordable housing.

Macon-Bibb OKs purchase of old Hilton, former charter school

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
January 18, 2024

This Week At The Macon Newsroom (January 15th, 2023 Edition)

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
January 15, 2024
Wesleyan Woods residents packed the Jan. 8 Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission hearing to oppose a high-density development of Rivoli Drive.

Wesleyan Woods neighbors lose battle over cluster homes

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
January 11, 2024
The south Bibb County residential building boom that began in the 80s led to major flooding issues on the flat former farmland, but the Macon Water Authority is proceeding with stormwater drainage enhancements.

MWA takes next steps to curtail south Bibb flooding

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
January 8, 2024

This Week At The Macon Newsroom (December 18th, 2023 Edition)

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
December 18, 2023

This Week At The Macon Newsroom (December 11th, 2023 Edition)

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
December 11, 2023
Commission funds worker bonuses, runway reconstruction, clinic

Commission funds worker bonuses, runway reconstruction, clinic

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
December 6, 2023

This Week At The Macon Newsroom (December 4th, 2023 Edition)

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
December 4, 2023

This Week At The Macon Newsroom (November 27th, 2023 Edition)

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
November 27, 2023

This Week At The Macon Newsroom (November 13th, 2023 Edition)

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
November 13, 2023
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