John Archibald
Nieman Reports
Birmingham, AL, United States
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A Play About Life and Death in the South
John Archibald, NF ’21, discusses his debut as a playwright → Read More
Brookside police patrolled social media, threatening town’s critics
The officer "stated that I issued threats, incited a riot, and slandered the Brookside Police Department in my Facebook posts. He reported that his Police Chief was mad.” → Read More
Pastor, sister say rogue Alabama police force sought revenge
A Baptist preacher was stopped in Brookside, and claims one of the town's officers used racist language. When Rev. Vincent Witt complained to the police department, a lawsuit claims, Brookside responded by trumping up charges against him and his sister, who was not in the car and says she was unaware of the stop. Brookside plastered their faces on the internet, calling them fugitives. The… → Read More
Police in this tiny Alabama town suck drivers into legal ‘black hole’
Using unmarked police cars and uniforms without insignia, the town with no traffic lights collected $487 in fines and forfeitures in 2020 for every man, woman and child. Total town income more than doubled from 2018 to 2020 – from $582,000 to more than $1.2 million – as fines and forfeitures rose 640%. → Read More
The Old Normal Is Not the Normal Journalism Needs
The opening of newsrooms is filled with hope and fear. But we need human contact to feel human, and we need to feel human to report the stories of humanity. → Read More
George Wallace’s daughter: ‘I’ve never seen anything like it’
Peggy Wallace Kennedy likens Donald Trump to her father. → Read More
Roy Moore, and the profit of God
And I do mean profit. → Read More
Luther Strange finance chair tied to nonprofit in Alabama bribery case
Alabama business titan Thompson served as one of two board members → Read More
Gov. Bentley's former security chief sues, reveals sordid Bentley details
Bentley told Lewis to "go upstairs and break up with Rebekah" Mason. → Read More
Gov. Bentley's former security chief sues, reveals sordid Bentley details
Bentley told Lewis to "go upstairs and break up with Rebekah" Mason. → Read More
AG: No evidence Gov. Bentley accuser Spencer Collier did wrong
There was nothing there. In an unusual statement Thursday, the Alabama Attorney General's office refuted claims of improper spending against former Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Secretary Spencer Collier. The AG's statement -– backing up claims by some within ALEA that Collier was fired after a shoddy and punitive internal investigation -– says a special grand jury in Montgomery found no… → Read More
14 amendments? Sorting through the sneakery
Don't know how to vote on all those complicated amendments? Here are some ideas. → Read More
In Alabama, a strong voice of reason is silenced
Josh Moon -- insightful and inciting -- no longer has a column in the Montgomery Advertiser → Read More
If the greed of Lowe's makes you mad, why doesn't this?
The problem for Lowe's is that it didn't get in on the ground floor of flim-flammery. → Read More
Gov. Robert Bentley ran on 'transparency' but now demands silence
A quick review to get you up to date on the scandal surrounding Alabama Governor Robert Bentley and his former advisor Rebekah Caldwell Mason. → Read More
Hear the sexually charged recording at heart of Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley scandal
"Baby, I love you. I know we are in a difficult situation. Unless I make things as normal as possible here, it is going to be hell." → Read More
Has Bear Bryant's memory been neglected?
The University of Alabama is all about the tradition. Straw hats and Houndstooth and counting out the crimson national championships, like they did this weekend. Respecting the past and expecting a better future. Roll Tide. One Alabama man figures there ought to be a little more walk to that talk. John Bryan of Helena recently visited the grave of legendary Alabama coach Paul "Bear" Bryant at… → Read More
Talladega Mayor Larry Barton describes beating; questions raised about sex tape
Lawyer: "Barton was caught on hidden video having sex with Green's wife." → Read More
500 pound Alabama man loses half his body weight
"I never in my life have been in trouble with the law," he said. "But I have been in prison my whole life." → Read More
500 pound Alabama man loses half his body weight
"I never in my life have been in trouble with the law," he said. "But I have been in prison my whole life." → Read More