Delaney Tarr

Delaney Tarr is a freelance writer, reporter and photographer based in Atlanta, GA. As a former youth activist and a South Floridian, Tarr loves ruminating on social justice, southern politics, local counterculture and community foodways.
Tarr regularly contributes to online outlet SaportaReport, digging into arts, culture, city development and statewide politics. She has also been published in Teen Vogue, Pavlovic Today, Appen Media Group, Them. and the Red & Black.
She rose to prominence as a gun violence prevention advocate in 2018 when she co-founded the March for Our Lives after a shooting at her high school in Parkland, FL. As an activist Tarr spoke at the march on Washington, participated in several major interviews and helped lead the nonprofit through several high-profile campaigns and events.
She brings her organizing background to her writing: Tarr has contributed to two books on her time with MFOL and published several pieces exploring the so-called ‘Youth Activism Industrial Complex.’
In her spare time, Tarr can be found exploring Atlanta’s nightlife, binge-watching TV and practicing her film photography skills.