Founded in 1888, The Birmingham News is the largest daily newspaper in Alabama. News staff members have won two Pulitzer Prizes, in 2007 for investigative reporting and in 1991 for editorial writing. The newspaper was a Pulitzer finalist in 2006 and in 1994 for editorial writing. News journalists also have won the Society of Professional Journalists’ Green Eyeshade Award, an Award of Excellence from the International Society for News Design, a first place award in the Pictures of the Year International Competition, several Top 10 awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors as well as numerous state and regional journalism honors.
The Saginaw (Mich.) News, in its 146th year, is nationally recognized for its strategies to make the paper easy to read, accessible, surprising, manageable for the time starved, full of readers' voices, neighborly, helpful and changing all the time.
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Sean Reilly, The Press-Register
Sean Reilly became the Mobile Press-Register’s Washington correspondent in 2000 after covering state politics for the paper for five years. A South Carolina native, Reilly previously worked for The Anniston (Ala.) Star.