The Tuscaloosa News

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The November 3, 2008 front cover of The Tuscaloosa News
TypeDaily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Gannett
General managerBobby Rice
Founded1818
Headquarters315 28th Avenue
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401
Circulation 14,208(as of 2018) [1]
Website tuscaloosanews.com

The Tuscaloosa News is a daily newspaper serving Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States, and the surrounding area in west central Alabama. It is owned by Gannett.

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Tuscaloosa News headquarters seen from the Riverwalk Tuscalnewsriverwalk.jpg
Tuscaloosa News headquarters seen from the Riverwalk

In 2012, Halifax Media Group acquired the Tuscaloosa News. Prior to that, the paper's owner was The New York Times Company. [2] The New York Times Company acquired the News in 1985 from the Public Welfare Foundation, a charitable entity. [3] The News had been donated to that foundation by its owner Edward Marsh, along with other newspapers he owned, before his death in 1964. [4]

In 2015, Halifax was acquired by GateHouse Media (legally known as New Media Investment Group). [5] In 2019, Gatehouse's parent company was purchased by Gannett. [6]

The News has a 12-month average circulation in 2008 of 32,700 daily and 34,600 Sunday. [7] Of the 25 daily newspapers published in Alabama, the News has the fifth-highest daily circulation. [8] Beginning in 2001, the News constructed and occupied a new 90,000-square-foot (8,400 m2) facility overlooking the Black Warrior River. [9]

The Tuscaloosa News has received two Pulitzer Prizes. The first was in 1957, when the paper won the prize for editorial writing, for Buford Boone's editorials on the issue of segregation at the University of Alabama, as exemplified by "What A Price For Peace". [10] The second Pulitzer Prize was awarded for the paper's outstanding reporting on the tornado outbreaks of April 25 to 28, 2011. [11]

Because Tuscaloosa is home to the University of Alabama, the News places particular emphasis on coverage of its sports programs, and maintains a separate website for that coverage.

Since late 2012, the Tuscaloosa News has become available in the Birmingham, Alabama, area. The reason for its expansion into Birmingham is to fill a perceived void in the market when the Birmingham News cut back publication to three days a week earlier in the year.

Awards

2018 Better Newspaper Contest - Alabama Press Association [12]

YearAwardPlaceRecipient
2018Best Business Story of Column1stEd Enoch
2018Best Sports News In-Depth Coverage1stThe Tuscaloosa News
2018Best Use of Graphics or Illustrations1stThe Tuscaloosa News
2018Best Headline1stKen Roberts
2018Best One Time Special Section - Newsprint or Glossy1stThe Tuscaloosa News
2018Best Niche Publication - Newsprint or Glossy1stThe Tuscaloosa News


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