Bill Rankin(II)

Bill Rankin joined the Atlanta Journal Constitution in 1989, three years after his father, Jim Rankin, retired from the paper after 26 years. For most of his time at the AJC, Bill has covered state and federal courts, specializing in civil litigation, criminal justice and the death penalty. Beginning in 2015, Bill began hosting the AJC's "Breakdown" podcast. The podcast's sixth season, "A Jury of His Peers," cohosted with AJC editor Kevin Riley, won the American Bar Association's 2018 Silver Gavel Award.