John Archibald (writer)

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John Archibald
BornApril 1963 Edit this on Wikidata
Birmingham (United States) Edit this on Wikidata

John Archibald (born April 1963[1]) is an American 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 Alabama and Birmingham 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]

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 he 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]] is to be published by Alfred A. Knopf in March 2020. 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.

Publications

  • Archibald, John (2021) Shaking the Gates of Hell: A Search for Family and Truth in the Wake of the Civil Rights Revolution Knopf. ISBN 9780525658115


References

  1. ^ "Tell Me More: Imminent Changes To Alabama Immigration Law?". NPR.org.
  2. ^ "AL.com's John Archibald wins 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary". AL.com. Alabama Media Group. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 2019-09-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "John Archibald's Pulitzer: how the 'wild west of new media' was won". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
  4. ^ "John Archibald awarded Nieman Fellowship". AL.com. Retrieved 2020-07-22.