The '' Tuscaloosa News '' is a daily newspaper serving

Tuscaloosa, Alabama Tuscaloosa ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, Tuscaloosa County in west-central Alabama, United States, on the Black Warrior River where the Gulf Coastal Plain, Gulf Coastal and Piedmont (United States), Piedm ...

, United States, and the surrounding area in west central Alabama. It is owned by Gannett. Tuscalnewsriverwalk

In 2012, Halifax Media Group acquired the ''Tuscaloosa News''. Prior to that, the paper's owner was

The New York Times Company The New York Times Company is an American mass media corporation that publishes ''The New York Times'' and its associated publications such as ''The New York Times International Edition'' and other media properties. The New York Times Company's ...

. The New York Times Company acquired the ''News'' in 1985 from the Public Welfare Foundation, a charitable entity. The ''News'' had been donated to that foundation by its owner Edward Marsh, along with other newspapers he owned, before his death in 1964. In 2015, Halifax was acquired by

GateHouse Media GateHouse Media Inc. was an American publisher of locally based print and digital media. It published 144 daily newspapers, 684 community publications, and over 569 local-market websites in 38 states. Its parent company, New Media Investment Group ...

(legally known as New Media Investment Group). In 2019, Gatehouse's parent company was purchased by Gannett. The ''News'' has a 12-month average circulation in 2008 of 32,700 daily and 34,600 Sunday. Of the 25 daily newspapers published in Alabama, the ''News'' has the fifth-highest daily circulation. Beginning in 2001, the ''News'' constructed and occupied a new facility overlooking the Black Warrior River. The'' Tuscaloosa News'' has received two

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prizes () are 23 annual awards given by Columbia University in New York City for achievements in the United States in "journalism, arts and letters". They were established in 1917 by the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fo ...

s. The first was in 1957, when the paper won the prize for editorial writing, for Buford Boone's editorials on the issue of segregation at the

University of Alabama The University of Alabama (informally known as Alabama, UA, the Capstone, or Bama) is a Public university, public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of ...

, as exemplified by " What A Price For Peace". The second Pulitzer Prize was awarded for the paper's outstanding reporting on the tornado outbreaks of April 25 to 28, 2011.Pulitzer Prizes: 2012
/ref> Because Tuscaloosa is home to the University of Alabama, the ''News'' places particular emphasis on coverage of its sports programs, and maintains a separate website for that coverage. Since late 2012, the ''Tuscaloosa News'' has become available in the

Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham ( ) is a city in the north central region of Alabama, United States. It is the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama, Jefferson County. The population was 200,733 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List ...

, area. The reason for its expansion into Birmingham is to fill a perceived void in the market when the '' Birmingham News'' cut back publication to three days a week earlier in the year.

Awards

2018 Better Newspaper Contest – Alabama Press Association

References

External links

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