Jeanne Bonner is an Atlanta-based reporter covering the state legislature and other statewide issues for GPB, including immigration and education. Before joining GPB in 2011, she worked as a business reporter for five years at the Morning Call, a daily newspaper in Allentown, Pa. There she covered residential real estate and high-tech, including a publicly-traded spinoff of Lucent Technologies. In 2012, Jeanne’s "Priced Out" story took first place from the National Association of Real Estate Editors. Jeanne is based in Atlanta where she sits on the board of the Atlanta Press Club. Before launching a career in journalism, Jeanne worked as a translator and English instructor in Florence, Italy.