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About The Birmingham News
The Birmingham News is the largest seven-day newspaper in Alabama. Here are some quick facts:
The Newsroom
- The Birmingham News is the largest newsgathering organization in Alabama, employing 150 fulltime journalists.
- News bureaus are located in Birmingham, Bessemer, Hoover, Trussville and Shelby County. There is also a state capital bureau in Montgomery and a reporter in Washington, DC.
- The Birmingham News focuses news, sports and features reporting on the metropolitan area, including more than 40 communities.
- News staff provide breaking news story coverage, reporter blogs, multimedia audio and video coverage and discussion forums on news coverage through its online affiliate, al.com.
Distribution
- The Birmingham News is delivered to residents throughout Alabama's largest metropolitan area including Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair and Walker counties.
- The Birmingham News is available at over 3,000 newsstands and retailers.
- The Birmingham News is delivered for educational use to 149 schools throughout the Greater Birmingham area.
Honors
- The Birmingham News was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for editorial writing in 2006.
- In 2006, The Birmingham News won 27 awards in the Alabama Press Association newspaper competition including Best Story of the Year, Best In-Depth News Coverage or Series, Best Business Story or Column, Best Feature Story, Best Editorial Column or Commentary and Best Sports Single Event Story.
- In 2006, staff photographer Bernard Troncale took top honors at the Society of Professional Journalists' Green Eyeshade Awards for his work on a series about AIDS in Africa.
- In 2006, The Birmingham News won two Awards of Excellence in the Society for News Design's worldwide newspaper design competition.
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