''Alabama Journal'', formerly the ''Evening Journal'', ''Montgomery Journal'', and ''Alabama Journal and the Times'', was a newspaper in

Montgomery, Alabama Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Named for the Irish soldier Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River, on the coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico. In the 202 ...

founded in 1889. It ceased publication in 1993.

History

There was an ''Alabama Journal'' published from 1825 to 1850. George Washington Bonaparte Towns owned and edited it. The ''Evening Journal'' was established in 1889 and became the ''Montgomery Journal'' in 1891. It was renamed the ''Alabama Journal and the Times'' in 1927. In September 1940 the name was shortened to the ''Alabama Journal''. It competed with the ''

Montgomery Advertiser The ''Montgomery Advertiser'' is a daily newspaper and news website located in Montgomery, Alabama. It was founded in 1829. History The newspaper began publication in 1829 as ''The Planter's Gazette.'' Its first editor was Moseley Baker. It ...

'' and was purchased by that paper's publisher, Richard F. Hudson, in 1940. It was a daily newspaper. In 1988 the paper was a

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...

finalist in the General Reporting category for its coverage of infant mortality rates that resulted in legislation. Jim Earhardt and Jim Tharpe wrote for the paper. For a time it was published as part of the combined ''Montgomery Advertiser & Alabama Journal''.

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