To say Nelsonian Rosie Manins' introduction to life in Atlanta has been something of a baptism of fire would be an understatement.
A former ODT journalist who is married to a Grammy Award-nominated Georgia native (Jamaica Smith), Rosie now works as a courts reporter, and has seen Confederate monuments taken from public view, experienced the race riots after George Floyd's death, met Martin Luther King Jr.'s sister, and interviewed a black man who was attacked by the KKK as a boy -- not to mention living through the horror of Covid-19 as the state recorded over one million cases and 20,000 deaths. She's Calling Home this morning.
New Zealander Rosie Manins (right) with husband Jamaica and children at the statue of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Georgia State Capitol. Photo: Supplied/Rosie Manins
