Jim Minter, former executive editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, dies at 95

Newsman known for his keen sense of story helped shaped journalism in the South for decades.

On a Saturday in the mid-1970s, Jim Minter was called to 72 Marietta St. in downtown Atlanta, where he was the editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. There, he learned, Jimmy Carter wanted to meet with the newspaper’s bosses. He was going to run for president, Carter told them, and he wanted the AJC to assign a reporter to his campaign. Minter was all for it, his son Rick Minter said. “He said he saw this fire in Carter’s eyes, and he thought he would be elected president.” The others at the meeting disagreed.

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