Father-son journalist duo win Pulitzer


;Four journalists working for the Alabama Media Group won the;2023 Pulitzer Prize;for local reporting for their investigation into a corrupt municipal police force in Brookside, Alabama.

;The investigative team included former Pulitzer winner John Archibald and his son, Ramsey Archibald.

The investigation into the Brookside police department's use of aggressive policing tactics to;boost its own revenue;ultimately led to the resignation of the town's police chief and a state audit.

  • John Archibald, who won the 2018 Pulitzer for column writing, said that it was a "great honor" to win another Pulitzer alongside his son.
  • Editor Ashley Remkus, who was part of the four-person Pulitzer-winning investigative team, won a Pulitzer in 2021 for a year-long investigation into the;dog police violence.
  • Kyle Whitmire, who also works for the Alabama Media Group, won the 2023 Pulitzer for column commentary for his "State of Denial" series of columns investigating how;Alabama's Confederate history;continues to shape the politics of the state.

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