John Archibald (writer)

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John Archibald
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BornApril 1963  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg (age 60)
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John Archibald (born April 1963 [1] ) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and columnist for the Birmingham News , The Huntsville Times , and the Press-Register . He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1986 and began work as a reporter for the Birmingham News. [2] He began writing his column in 2004, where he focuses on politics. In 2018, Archibald was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary "for lyrical and courageous commentary that is rooted in Alabama but has a national resonance". [3]

John Archibald is the son of Methodist minister Robert L. Archibald Jr. His family lived across north Alabama when he was young: in Alabaster, Huntsville, Jacksonville and Decatur. His family moved to Birmingham, where John graduated from Banks High School. He completed a bachelor's degree in journalism at the University of Alabama in 1986.

Archibald's book Shaking the Gates of Hell was published by Alfred A. Knopf. In 2020, he was awarded a Nieman Foundation fellowship at Harvard University in order to study how media stories shape public perceptions of crime and a "culture of fear". [4]

Archibald and his wife Alecia have three children: Drew, Ramsey and Mamie. Ramsey also writes for the Alabama Media Group as a data reporter and columnist. [5]

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