Sawyer Buccy
Reporter
Atlanta News First
Sawyer Buccy is a reporter for Atlanta News First. She comes to Atlanta from Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she told community-focused stories of resilience.
Sawyer built a beat telling stories of marginalized communities that included refugees, families battling addiction and poverty, immigrants, and black Tulsans. She was selected as a media witness during the execution of the oldest Oklahoma Death Row inmate to be executed by the state. She also covered George Floyd protests, historic flooding, and major weather events. Sawyer was an important contributor to her station's two regional Edward R. Murrow awards for news coverage in Oklahoma.
Sawyer grew up in a suburb outside of Dallas, Texas. She graduated from the University of Arkansas, where she majored in Broadcast Journalism and minored in Political Science.
Sawyer is a passionate writer and loves to find the “helpers” in her community. Her 8-year-old Boston Terrier, Olivia is the light of her life. Sawyer loves southern comfort food - the spicier, the better! You can also find her enjoying the outdoors, hiking, cycling, or reading a book.
Volunteers, called drivers, step in to take the steps the person they are pushing cannot. The group is called Speed for Need.
“It is the family you didn’t know you needed but was there when you did."
One peach tree can grow thousands of peaches.
Damón finds peace in the rhythm. Each stitch he makes reminds him of just how far he’s come.
Volunteers at Wild Nest Bird Rehab are working around the clock to nurse sick, injured, and abandoned birds back to health. The organization said it needs more manpower.
Every month Atlanta News First supports a local charity, giving back in big ways.
Warmer temperature means more pools are opening up and organizations all over the country are urging parents to make sure kids are ready to hit the water safely.
The project will start during summer camp in June and will run year-round.
There is something special about creating something on your own, no matter your skill level.
A metro Atlanta boy’s mission to teach kids how to manage money foiled by thieves.
Participants learn how to work with their mistakes while making bracelets, necklaces, and even rings.
A Georgia man is brushing negativity off his shoulders after being told his disability would slow him down.
Activists are encouraging people to change that way of thinking and notice all the positive ways people with Parkinson’s can lead their lives.
According to an organization supported by the UN, rising ocean temperatures have killed more than 14 percent of the world’s coral reefs in a decade.
A group of students at Booker T. Washington High School are building a greenhouse. Students are paid to work in the garden. The fruits and veggies grown are taken home by students and their families.
According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, more than 17 veterans take their lives every day in the United States.
A 21-year-old Zumba instructor is inspiring her community to dance to their own beat!
More than 250 thousand people are involved in the YMCA of Metro Atlanta each year.
“It helps the animal shelter, it helps the students and it also helps the environment as well."
The health fair was put on by the American College of Cardiology and its partners. There were over 40 organizations, all of which provided free resources to people in the community.
It is a game they play for themselves, but their presence ends up making a statement in their community.
“Habits give order, good habits give real positive order. It makes your day, your routine. It is the one thing you can count on every day."
It is neon yellow and on some days, seems to coat the surface of everything: pollen; a sign that warmer days are on the way here in Georgia.
Hundreds of children line the hallways, cheering and singing as 85-year-old Haze Mabry, Jr., a janitor at the school, walks down the hall. He has been serving Pike County Elementary for 18 years.
If a black bear has noticed you, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources says to slowly back away, get loud if you have to, look as big as possible, and if necessary, use bear spray.
She was born with a rare heart condition where blood does not return from the lungs to the left side of the heart but to the right side. Doctors weren’t sure if she would survive.
For Paula Mann, painting has been a new beginning.
The farm brings on individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and teaches them how to work on a farm by growing food, flowers and herbs and selling it locally.
He flew a P-51 Mustang more than 70 years ago in China, where he flew 29 missions until he was shot down in 1945
The Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus believes music has the power to take people places, put them in someone else’s shoes or help them see from a new perspective. Their mission is to change hearts and minds through music.
Community leaders are sharing information that could improve your life at home.
According to the USDA, one out of every three bites of food is on your plate because of a pollinator.
Students at one Atlanta elementary school in need of vision care are getting what they need.
“If I am going to do it, I am going to be the best at what I do. That is how I do everything I do."
It took close to a year but eventually, she was out of her wheelchair and walking again.
Many of us are looking for ways to make life simpler, easier, more productive, and hopefully, more meaningful. Sometimes small habits can make a big difference.
One group made sure students knew they weren’t alone in the process and that they had options.
The Atlanta Women’s Foundation is an organization that thrives through making community partnerships.
At Glen Emerald Park, each tree that was planted is a step toward a brighter future.
There was excitement in the air at Humphries Elementary School on Monday ahead of a surprise being announced. The kids had no idea what it would be.
For MARTA streetcar riders on Friday, they were a reader, a dreamer — whether they knew it or not.
16-year-old Campbell High School student Akanksha Manna is focused on art. Teaching art, for free, to senior citizens in the community.
There are many stories of resilience resting at Oakland Cemetery.
The students at UGA and Augusta University are dealing with heartbreaking losses.
A group of men are celebrating Black History Month in song.
The hope is they will have another avenue for success when they are released.
Henrietta Wever. Mike Tillman. Alice Williams. Moss Miles. All Americans, all black potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina.
“It is hard to understand where the years have gone and that anyone can actually live this long and be able to enjoy life the way life is."
She is sharing her experience on social media and most recently has written a book, helping parents have difficult conversations about grief and loss with their children.
A special needs puppy who was a part of this year’s Puppy Bowl died at just four months old.
