Atlanta Magazine
Requiem for a Reporter: Kathy Scruggs
AJC ace Kathy Scruggs broke the story that made Richard Jewell a household name. It also started her downward spiral.
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A crowd gathers on July 30, 1996, in Centennial Olympic Park during a memorial service for the victims of the bomb explosion. The same day, the AJC published its story naming Richard Jewell as the FBI’s lead suspect.
Photograph by Michael Cooper/Getty Images Sport
This column originally appeared in our July 2003 issue.
I recognized her immediately. She first appears on page 79 of Jack Warner’s riveting novel,
Shikar. Warner changed her name, of course. In the book, she is Kathleen Bentley. But there’s no mistaking Kathy Scruggs.