Decaturish Download: Local pediatrician offers advice on how to wind down screen time before the school year begins

Decaturish Download: Local pediatrician offers advice on how to wind down screen time before the school year begins

Dr. Stan Sonu, a local pediatrician, joined the Decaturish Download podcast to discuss the best way to help your kids adjust to the new school year. He offered advice on reducing screen time and the things pediatricians look for during well visits before the school year begins.

Decaturish Download: Meet our new managing editor

Joshua Wilson has joined Appen Media Group as our new executive editor. In this episode, we chatted with him about his role in our newsroom and what that means for Appen Media and Decaturish moving forward.

The Decaturish DL: Chatting with DeKalb County School Board member-elect Tracy Brisson

Tracy Brisson was recently elected to the District 4 seat on the DeKalb County Board of Education. She will be sworn in this January. In this episode of the Decaturish Download, she discussed her new role, her priorities for the district and some of the controversies surrounding DeKalb County Schools.

The end of an era: State Senator Elena Parent joins the Decaturish Download to discuss what comes next

State Sen. Elena Parent is leaving the state Legislature at the end of the current term. Parent, who has been in the senate since 2014 and in local politics even longer, joined the Decaturish Download to talk about her time in office, some of the controversies she navigated and her thoughts about the future.

The Decaturish DL: Catching up with Stone Mountain Mayor Jelani Linder

There is new leadership in Stone Mountain. Following a tumultuous two years, Mayor Jelani Linder and a group of like-minded councilmembers won a wave election last November. Linder talked about how things are going under new management, the city's new urban camping ordinance, the decision to stick with the current city manager and more.