Alabama Journal, formerly theEvening Journal,Montgomery Journal, andAlabama Journal and the Times, was a newspaper inMontgomery, Alabama founded in 1889. It ceased publication in 1993.
There was anAlabama Journal published from 1825 to 1850.[1]George Washington Bonaparte Towns owned and edited it.[2]
TheEvening Journal was established in 1889 and became theMontgomery Journal in 1891. It was renamed theAlabama Journal and the Times in 1927. In September 1940 the name was shortened to theAlabama Journal.[3]
It competed with theMontgomery Advertiser and was purchased by that paper's publisher, Richard F. Hudson, in 1940.
It was a daily newspaper.[4]
In 1988 the paper was aPulitzer Prize finalist in the General Reporting category for its coverage of infant mortality rates that resulted in legislation.[5] Jim Earhardt and Jim Tharpe wrote for the paper.[6]
For a time it was published as part of the combinedMontgomery Advertiser & Alabama Journal.