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Alabama Journal, formerly the Evening Journal, Montgomery Journal, and Alabama Journal and the Times, was a newspaper in Montgomery, Alabama founded in 1889. It ceased publication in 1993.

History

There was an Alabama Journal published from 1825 to 1850. [1] George Washington Bonaparte Towns owned and edited it. [2]

The Evening Journal was established in 1889 and became the Montgomery Journal in 1891. It was renamed the Alabama Journal and the Times in 1927. In September 1940 the name was shortened to the Alabama Journal. [3]

It competed with the Montgomery Advertiser and was purchased by that paper's publisher, Richard F. Hudson, in 1940.

It was a daily newspaper. [4]

In 1988 the paper was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in the General Reporting category for its coverage of infant mortality rates that resulted in legislation. [5] Jim Earhardt and Jim Tharpe wrote for the paper. [6]

For a time it was published as part of the combined Montgomery Advertiser & Alabama Journal.

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References

  1. "The Alabama Journal (Montgomery, Ala.) 1825-1850". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
  2. "George W. Towns".
  3. Brennan, Elizabeth A.; Clarage, Elizabeth C. (October 13, 1999). Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN   9781573561112 via Google Books.
  4. "Alabama Journal (Montgomery, Ala.) 1940-1993". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
  5. "Staff of The Alabama Journal, Montgomery, AL". www.pulitzer.org.
  6. "Alabama Journal | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org.