
Alaina Bookman
Violence Prevention Reporter at AL.com
Reporter at Report For America
UT Austin Alumna Report for America Corps Member @Report4America Violence Prevention Reporter @aldotcom | [email protected] Solutions Journalism Fellow @soljourno
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6 days ago |
al.com | Alaina Bookman
John Hammontree, 37, executive producer of podcasting for the Alabama Media Group, has earned a coveted spot as a Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard fellow. The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard educates leaders in journalism. Fellows audit classes across the university, collaborate with scholars and students at Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and participate in Nieman seminars and workshops.
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1 week ago |
al.com | Alaina Bookman
Residents heading to Homewood City Hall may have to think harder about where to park for now. Parts of surface parking above the City Hall parking deck will be closed for about three months due to scheduled maintenance. Construction on the restoration project started on April 21. The northern section of the lot will be closed for the first six weeks, followed by the southern section for the next six weeks.
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2 weeks ago |
al.com | Alaina Bookman
The Homewood City Council is moving forward on a project that could improve traffic flow and safety on the I-65/Lakeshore Parkway interchange.
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2 weeks ago |
al.com | Alaina Bookman
In a series of stories, AL.com will continue to explore big ideas for transforming Birmingham - ideas, programs and initiatives aimed at making the city stronger, more prosperous, better educated and safer than it is today. Monique Johnson, a 31-year-old lifelong Woodlawn resident, said that when she drives her kids around the neighborhood, she points out all the things that have changed since she was a child. “Woodlawn grew with me.
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2 weeks ago |
birminghamtimes.com | Alaina Bookman
By Alaina Bookman | [email protected] Holt, 49, started a nonprofit to teach young adults trade skills that would help them do something positive with their hands – instead of succumbing to cycles of violence and poverty in Birmingham. “I want to show our kids that they can do something positive with their hands, because they see me do it,” Holt told AL.com.
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