Rich McKay has been a reporter for more than 30 years, spanning beats from crime and courts to local government and general assignment desks. McKay previously worked at the Winston-Salem Journal and Greensboro News & Record in North Carolina and then the Orlando Sentinel in Florida. He now reports for Reuters' National Affairs desk covering news across the United States from Atlanta, Georgia. He reports on disasters such as mass shootings, hurricanes, and wild fires, along with news features out of Georgia. Noteworthy stories include one about Minneapolis children showing courage at a church shooting and a news feature on how Atlanta was taking so much water from the Chattahoochee River it was wiping out the oyster beds hundreds of miles away in Apalachicola, Florida. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/minneapolis-children-revealed-courage-absorbed-fear-during-church-shooting-2025-08-28/ https://www.reuters.com/article/legal/as-florida-georgia-battle-over-water-panhandle-oystermen-struggle-to-survive-idUSKBN20F1LK/
He earned a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Massachusetts and a master's degree in journalism from the University of Michigan. When he's not working, you can find him puttering in his vegetable garden or reading from his comic book collection. He can be reached at 470-249-6238 or rich.mckay@thomsonreuters.com.
