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Hans Appen @hansappen.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Thank you everyone. Your support means the world to me.
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Press Club membership surges following letter detailing lawsuit
Appen Media has seen a significant surge in new Appen Press Club memberships following a recent letter to readers explaining the status — and cost — of its ongoing public
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Hans Appen @hansappen.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
“What they are telling their citizens is that ‘you don’t need to see what we’re doing'…That’s terrifying for a law enforcement entity to claim, or a city to claim on behalf of that law enforcement entity, and it’s been a monumental waste of taxpayer dollars.” – Richard Griffiths
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Court orders Sandy Springs to share police documents in open records lawsuit
The judge's orders does not yet bring an end to the lawsuit that a media ethicist calls one of the most important open records cases he has seen in Georgia in a long time.
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Hans Appen @hansappen.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
One of my new favorite covers. Well done @decaturish.bsky.social team! Go vote, DeKalb!
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Appen Media Group @appenmedia.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Appen Media Group Publisher & CEO, Hans Appen, has been selected for Georgia Trend magazine’s 2025 “40 Under 40” list.
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Appen Media Publisher Hans Appen Named to Georgia Trend’s 2025 “40 Under 40”
Appen Media Group Publisher & CEO, Hans Appen, has been selected for Georgia Trend magazine’s 2025 “40 Under 40” list.
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Hans Appen @hansappen.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
“In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” - George Orwell
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Hans Appen @hansappen.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
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Hans Appen @hansappen.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
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Hans Appen @hansappen.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
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Hans Appen @hansappen.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
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Hans Appen @hansappen.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
🚨PSA🚨 There are less than 6 months until Christmas. You’re welcome. 🎅
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Hans Appen @hansappen.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
“The other ordinances…make it illegal to…conduct door-to-door soliciting and canvassing between the hours of 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. – blocking the local Sandy Springs Crier newspaper from delivering papers on its early morning route.”
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Atlanta Suburb Repeals Law Forcing Protesters to Obtain Consent of Anyone Within 8 Feet
The City of Sandy Springs rescinded a controversial law drafted by the ADL that criminalized public protest without consent.
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Hans Appen @hansappen.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Life is for living. People are for loving. God is for trusting.
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Hans Appen @hansappen.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Thank you @brendankeefe.bsky.social for your coverage of the new Sandy Springs ordinance which criminalizes newspaper delivery after 9 pm.
atlantanewsfirst.com
Stay back eight feet if you want to speak freely in Sandy Springs
Three new ordinances limit First Amendment rights in Sandy Springs.
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Hans Appen @hansappen.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
We could all be a little more Decaturish.
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Hans Appen @hansappen.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Many thanks to our friends at ANF for covering the new Sandy Springs overnight canvassing ordinance and how it negatively impacts our business and is a threat to press rights everywhere.
atlantanewsfirst.com
‘It just makes us frustrated’: Sandy Springs newspaper says new ordinance will jeopardize business
New action by the city of Sandy Springs to stop antisemitic flyers is igniting debate.
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Hans Appen @hansappen.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
An American’s First Amendment rights do not expire at sunset. 📰
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Hans Appen @hansappen.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
“Our Republic and its press will rise or fall together.” - Joseph Pulitzer
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Appen Media Group @appenmedia.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Today, Appen Media launched its 7th weekly community newspaper, Decaturish Ink.
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Decaturish Ink - March 20, 2025
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Hans Appen @hansappen.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
We launched a new community newspaper in DeKalb County today! Check it out:
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Decaturish Ink - March 20, 2025
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Hans Appen @hansappen.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
“But wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the Forest a little boy and his Bear will always be playing.”
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Hans Appen @hansappen.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled March 13 that a decision favoring the City of Sandy Springs in an Open Records lawsuit was premature. The dispute over police records with Appen Media continues.
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Appeals court rejects previous ruling in Sandy Springs police records suit
The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled March 13 that a decision favoring the City of Sandy Springs in an Open Records lawsuit was premature. The dispute over police records with
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Hans Appen @hansappen.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The City of Sandy Springs has begun releasing payroll information almost a year after denying Appen Media Group’s Open Records requests for the data.
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Sandy Springs releases some payroll data, still withholds most employees
After continued petitions from Appen Media and intervention from the Attorney General, Sandy Springs has released some payroll data it withheld last year. The city still refuses to turn over
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Hans Appen @hansappen.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The first edition of Georgia's newest community newspaper - Decaturish Ink - has been sent to the printer! An amazing effort by the entire @appenmedia.bsky.social @decaturish.bsky.social team. We can't wait for our readers in DeKalb County to check it out!
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Hans Appen @hansappen.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
A Georgia Court of Appeals panel on March 13 struck down a trial court’s summary judgment against Appen Media in its Open Records Act lawsuit with the City of Sandy Springs regarding police incident reports.
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Court of Appeals rules against Sandy Springs in Appen open records case
A Georgia Court of Appeals panel strikes down a trial court's summary judgment against Appen Media in its Open Records Act lawsuit against the City of Sandy Springs.
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Hans Appen @hansappen.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Big news from Appen Media! Excited to bring the good people of DeKalb County more community journalism.
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Appen Media, Decaturish to launch print newspaper
Following the acquisition of Decaturish.com, Appen Media will launch a new publication, Decaturish Ink. It will use the merged newsroom to promote more hyperlocal news in Decatur and the surrounding
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Hans Appen @hansappen.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
#Mpire
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18/12/2024
Van Gogh’s 1890 painting of his doctor, Paul-Ferdinand Gachet, made just before van Gogh’s death, has not been seen in 34 years. Its whereabouts have become one of the art world’s greatest mysteries. nyti.ms/4gIqwso
A headline reads: "The Search for van Gogh’s Lost Masterpiece" over Van Gogh’s “Portrait of Dr. Gachet,” painted in 1890. The painting shows a sad man wearing a white hat and blue coat. Photo from Fine Art Images/Heritage Images, via Getty Images.
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CNN @cnn.com · 17/12/2024
The world’s largest iceberg is on the move again after months stuck spinning on the same spot, scientists say
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World’s biggest iceberg, A23a, is on the move again | CNN
The world’s largest iceberg is on the move again, drifting through the Southern Ocean after months stuck spinning on the same spot, scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have said.
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Appen Media Group @appenmedia.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Milton girls basketball team overcame a 7-point deficit in the third quarter to pull off a 49-48 win over Lanier High School Dec. 10 at Milton. #sports #highschoolsports #basketball #milton #miltonhigh #miltonga
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Milton girls surge past Lanier in final quarter
Milton girls basketball team overcame a 7-point deficit in the third quarter to pull off a 49-48 win over Lanier High School Dec. 10 at Milton.
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Appen Media Group @appenmedia.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Welcome to the Appen Press Club, Tony! With your support, we are able to fund the work of local journalists and create a sustainable future for journalism in the metro Atlanta community. Thank you! #AppenPressClub #Journalism
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Hans Appen @hansappen.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
“I shall pass this way but once; any good that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being; let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.”
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Opinion: Standing in a terrible line with a surprise ending
"Something exceptional happened last week, and only a handful of people witnessed it. It is true."
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Appen Media Group @appenmedia.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Welcome to the Appen Press Club, Laura! With your support, we are able to fund the work of local journalists and create a sustainable future for journalism in the metro Atlanta community. Thank you! #AppenPressClub #Journalism
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Appen Media Group @appenmedia.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Welcome to the Appen Press Club, Trunnion LLC! With your support, we are able to fund the work of local journalists and create a sustainable future for journalism in the metro Atlanta community. Thank you! #AppenPressClub #Journalism
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Appen Media Group @appenmedia.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Welcome to the Appen Press Club, Dennis! With your support, we are able to fund the work of local journalists and create a sustainable future for journalism in the metro Atlanta community. Thank you! #AppenPressClub #Journalism
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Appen Media Group @appenmedia.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Through December, visitors to Bulloch Hall are in for a vibrant holiday experience. #roswell #roswellga #bullochhall #teddyroosevelt #history
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Roswell's Bulloch Hall transforms into European holiday exhibit
Through December, visitors to Bulloch Hall are in for a vibrant holiday experience.
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Appen Media Group @appenmedia.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
The Roswell Hornets ended their season on the gridiron Nov. 22 when they matched up against 11-1 Langston Hughes in the second round of the state playoffs in Fairburn. #roswell #roswellga #roswellhigh #roswellhornets #football #sports #highschoolsports #ghsa
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Roswell Hornets end playoff run against Langston Hughes
The Roswell Hornets ended their season on the gridiron Nov. 22 when they matched up against 11-1 Langston Hughes in the second round of the state playoffs in Fairburn. Langston
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Appen Media Group @appenmedia.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Appen Media is the owner and producer of The Georgia Politics Podcast. New episodes every Friday! #gapol #politics #elections open.spotify.com/episode/6wZQ...
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Sour Grapes
The Georgia Politics Podcast · Episode
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Appen Media Group @appenmedia.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Innovation Academy Principal Scott Kent makes a point with students constructing a robot designed to deliver packages throughout the school Nov. 1. 📸: Jon Wilcox/Appen Media
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Decaturish @decaturish.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
We may have stirred the pot a little.
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Dear Decaturish - Dekalb Arts Academy is not a disposable or transferable
In response to the absurd and audacious assertion that the newly renamed Dekalb Arts Academy (formerly Dekalb Elementary School of the Arts, established 2002), be moved to an alternate location, paren...
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Appen Media Group @appenmedia.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Welcome to the Appen Press Club, Cindy! With your support, we are able to fund the work of local journalists and create a sustainable future for journalism in the metro Atlanta community. Thank you! #AppenPressClub #Journalism
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