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

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, United States, and the surrounding area in west central Alabama. Tuscalnewsriverwalk

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

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. 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 (legally known as New Media Investment Group). The ''News'' has a 12-month average circulation 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

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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, or Bama) is a public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of Alabama is the oldest and largest of the publ ...

, as exemplified by "

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". 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

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, area. The reason for its expansion into Birmingham is to fill a perceived void in the market when the ''

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'' cut back publication to three days a week earlier in the year.

Awards

2018 Better Newspaper Contest - Alabama Press Association

References

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