Alabama Political Reporter
The Alabama Political Reporter is a daily newspaper based in Alabama.
Notable reporters
is the Editor-in-chief. Columnist, commentator, and former Alabama State Representative Steve Flowers has described Britt as "the premier political investigative reporter" on Alabama politics.Eddie Burkhalter, then a 2020 Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellow at the Alabama Political Reporter, was a contributor to the New York Times's team coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, which won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
Controversies
In 2022, the Alabama Political Reporter was one of six independent news outlets accused of downplaying negative reporting about Alabama Power and engaging in a smear campaign against Terry Dunn, a Republican Public Service Commission member and critic of Alabama Power, who subsequently lost a re-election bid.In 2023, reporter Jacob [Holmes |Jacob Holmes] began covering a controversy over books in the children's section of the Autauga-Prattville Library, which drew national attention and is currently the subject of a lawsuit.