Birmingham News
Birmingham News is a daily newspaper in Birmingham, Alabama, USA covering local news, sports, business, jobs, and community events.
The newspaper is published seven days a week.
It is one of the best American media outlets, according to Mondo Times members.
First published in March 1888 as The Evening News, the Birmingham News is the largest newspaper in Alabama in circulation and readership. At the turn of the 20th century, the News promoted the "Greater Birmingham" movement to annex suburban communities. The successful campaign made Birmingham the third largest city in the South. The Birmingham News maintains bureaus in Montgomery and Washington, D.C.
In 2007, reporter Brett Blackledge won the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for his series of articles exposing corruption in Alabama's two-year college system.
Circulation: 102,991 copies
Birmingham News is one of the largest circulation newspapers in the USA. Mondo Times covers all American newspapers and newspapers around the world.
This newspaper is owned by Newhouse Newspapers.
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Tom Scarritt is the editor of the Birmingham News.
Telephone number: 205.325.4444 Mailing address: PO Box 2553, Birmingham, AL 35202 For more Birmingham News contact information, become a Mondo Times Advanced or Professional Member. If you are a member, log in now. |
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The Birmingham News Launches Marketing Effort Under Leadership of New Publisher
-- January 13, 2011 -- This week, The Birmingham News, which describes itself as Alabama's largest newsgathering organization, launched a comprehensive, multi-media marketing campaign aimed not only at increasing audience and revenue, but also at changing the...
Ex-Birmingham News Sports Columnist Joins BP Oil Spill PR Team
-- The newspaper reported on June 27, 2010:
"It came as a shock last week when it was revealed that BP had, thus far, spent a tad over $2 billion since its Gulf oil spill.
BP spokesguy Ray Melick says it's more like $2.35 billion now, for...
"Birmingham News Holds Column About Effect of Buyouts," Poynter.org reported on
April 21, 2010:
"A couple of weeks ago, former Philadelphia Inquirer Editor Gene Roberts urged newspapers to be more forthright in telling the public what impact newsroom cutbacks have had on news coverage.
After reading Roberts' comments,...
the birmingham news is an excellent newspaper -- and with all the corruption in birmingham and alabama, i am glad we have journalists watching out for the public good. Posted by paul, hoover, al, December 13, 2008
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