Covers: Best of the 2000s - May 5, 2011 Atlanta magazine staff select the ten best covers of the decade. January 2000 The April 2001 cover story on mayor Bill Campbell was hardly flattering, but the Lou Freeman photo was so great, his staff picked up extra copies. Cover model Two Atlanta lifestyle trends – bragging about your kid’s school and idling behind an SUV stuck in traffic – were tweaked in this January 2005 cover. The November 2006 cover starred UGA’s mascot. A cover image underneath featured Tech’s Buzz. TV cooking show host Alton Brown starred on this April 2007 cover. Photograph by Peter Yang. Sean McCabe’s photo illustration added a glow to the October 2007 cover. The state’s water crisis was the theme of this June 2008 special issue. The inside cover read: Uh oh. Watershed fried chicken starred on the December 2008 cover.
