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Sheeka Sanahori

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Covers:  travel, sustainable travel, Black travel, outdoors, adventure, ancestry travel, family travel, history, culture, food
Freelance travel journalist + video producer. Words in Nat Geo, Southern Living, WaPo, REI, AARP, Thrillist, Lonely Planet. Videos in Lonely Planet, USA Today

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Sheeka Sanahori’s Biography

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Sheeka is a freelance travel journalist and video director/producer. She covers the US American South, sustainable travel, history and culture, family and ancestry travel, and outdoor activities.

Sheeka was a McCormick scholar at Northwestern University, where she earned her Master's degree from Medill's Media Strategy and Leadership program. She received her Bachelor's degree in Broadcast News from the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism.

Sheeka Sanahori’s Journalist Portfolio

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How to Ace a Group Trip with Sheeka Sanahori

How to Ace a Group Trip with Sheeka Sanahori

If you're a traveler who loves to craft detailed itineraries, group travel may sound like your worst nightmar…

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Gators and Stargazing Make This Dark Sky Swamp Come Alive at Night

Gators and Stargazing Make This Dark Sky Swamp Come Alive at Night

Georgia's Stephen C. Foster State Park in the Okefenokee Swamp is the only gold-tier International Dark Sky P…

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Marcus McDonald shares Charleston history and makes his own - Scalawag

Marcus McDonald shares Charleston history and makes his own - Scalawag

McDonald has made national headlines with his community activism. His work is grounded in his historical know…

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Kathiew is getting hot in Atlanta - The Food Section

Kathiew is getting hot in Atlanta - The Food Section

Cambodian soup emerges from pho's steamy shadow

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A Stranger Invited Me to Our Family's Reunion

A Stranger Invited Me to Our Family's Reunion

I traveled to Jackson, Mississippi, to meet my relatives for the first time, which meant participating in a t…

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Warming Up to Peaches

Warming Up to Peaches

A Georgia peach farmer fiddles with shipping temperatures, hoping customers fall for his tastier fruits

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Articles

Americans are proactive homeowners, but this country beats them in DIY home repairs

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By Sheeka Sanahori Verified
| Mountain Democrat Verified
There is always something: a leaky faucet, chipping paint, gutters full of leaves or a room that no longer works the way it used to. Homeownership comes with a permanent background hum of maintenance, repairs and decisions that can only be ignored for so long. What homeowners do next depends a lot on where they live.
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How metro Atlanta restaurants are adapting for diners on weight loss drugs

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By Sheeka Sanahori Verified
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Burgers 2 hours ago 7 Unexpected Chain Restaurants That Actually Serve Great Cheeseburgers Tasting Table - Nic Szabo • 2h When we're forced to go someplace that's out of our culinary comfort zones, there's no shame in scanning the menu in search of something familiar.
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Georgia’s Ocmulgee Mounds and the Race for America’s Next National Park

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By Sheeka Sanahori Verified
| National Park Trips
Before the construction of the Tower of London or Cambodia’s famed Angkor Wat temple complex, the ancient city of Ocmulgee in present-day Macon, Georgia, was already a thriving capital city. The Muscogee Nation built a hub for trade, culture, and politics along the Ocmulgee River, where up to 10,000 people would visit on any given day. Pieces of that ancient city remain, now preserved since 2019 as the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park.
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Interview

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What was your first job as a journalist?

I was a TV reporter and anchor for WMAZ in Macon, GA.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, and I own one now!

How is social media changing news?

Everyone is a reporter now, but we still need people to verify and contextualize what's happening.

Awards

National American Travel Journalists Association

2020 - Historical Travel

Honorable Mention

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Lowell Thomas Award

2025 - Coverage of Diverse Communities

Bronze

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