Doug Monroe was selected as a New York City Teaching Fellow in June, 2007. He now teaches English to special education students at a Brooklyn middle school. Before moving to New York, Doug wrote a popular blog for Atlanta Magazine, "Peachtree Screed," and also wrote a monthly print column for the magazine, "The Monroe Doctrine." Doug also has been a columnist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the alt-weekly, Creative Loafing. In 2007, Doug and Atlanta cartoonist Josh Latta won a national award from the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies for their acclaimed "Book of Ralph" cartoon story about right-wing Christian politician Ralph Reed.
Author/columnist Bill Shipp described Doug's political writing by saying: "Doug Monroe has done more than write about the South. He lives the South. He understands this eccentric, bi-polar, guilt-ridden region and its crazy people better than anyone. He also knows how to bring it to life for the reader who knows nothing about 'Southern' as well for the guy who grew up in Dixie and knows it only too well."