With 11 million visitors a month, AL.com is Alabama’s largest news site and one of the largest local sites in the country.

Our journalists cover breaking news as it happens. Dig into the state’s most pressing issues through award-winning investigative reporting and smart commentary. Deliver up close analysis on college football, basketball and more. And bring the state together with stories that highlight what we all love about Alabama

Our journalists cover breaking news as it happens. Dig into the state’s most pressing issues through award-winning investigative reporting and smart commentary. Collaborate with newsrooms across the nation. Deliver up close analysis on college football, basketball and more. And bring the state together with stories that highlight what we all love about Alabama.

The impact of our recent work has been significant. In the last several years:

• Our work drew praise from both Republicans and Democrats, prompting the governor to replace the head of the parole board, as hundreds more people were freed from Alabama’s deadly and overcrowded prison system. 
• Our work has freed people from jail – more than once. We’ve explored troubling criminal cases and examined police shootings.
• Our findings led to lawsuits and resignations, caused state officials to launch multiple investigations and prompted the DOJ to get involved.
• Our reporting on the unemployment system drew action from the governor’s office and spurred change. 
• Our work also forced leaders to confront their pasts or explain their own policies.
• Legislators have funded solutions identified in our work. Courts have forced police videos to be made public. Polluters have shut down and been fined.

Since 2018, AL.com journalists have been awarded four Pulitzer Prizes and been a finalist for another, earned 22 regional Emmys for documentary work, an Edward R. Murrow award for podcasting, a Silver Gavel award for political commentary, IRE award for prison coverage, Scripps Howard and Polk awards for investigating police, multiple national Headliner and SPJ awards and a Webby Award for short-form comedy.

According to ComScore, AL.com is regularly in the top 10 of local news websites across the country and reaches an average of 11 million monthly users. Alabama Media Group brands also have more than 3.4 million followers across social media platforms and produce more than two dozen newsletters and podcasts.