My work: Seen and heard

Kyle E Whitmire

22 Apr 2024 — 1 min read

In addition to column writing, I enjoy experimenting with new media a new platforms, even if it means getting in front of a camera.

I love to write, but being seen and heard is as important for reaching audience as being read. In 2017, I won a regional Emmy for my work at Reckon/AL.com and have recently dabbled again in shortform video.

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Learn more about my work: Alabamafication

National Awards 2024 Silver Gavel Award, commentary See the winning work here: “Alabama’s Desperate Bid for a Milligan Do-over” 2023 Pulitzer Prize, commentary "For measured and persuasive columns that document how Alabama's Confederate heritage still colors the present with racism and exclusion, told through tours of

My work: State of Denial

Why is Alabama the way it is? "State of Denial" shows how the architects of the post-Reconstruction South attempted to bring the Confederacy back to life within the confines of the U.S Constitution, and how their handiwork affects and afflicts Alabama today. In 2023, this project received

My work: The Alabamafication of America

In 2016, I could see it coming. Few observers of national politics seemed to be taking Donald Trump seriously, but my experience covering my state told me otherwise. I had seen the politics of spite and self-defeat, and I could see Trump tapping into it. In a fit, I wrote

My work: Seen and heard

Kyle E Whitmire

Learn more about my work: Alabamafication

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My work: State of Denial

My work: The Alabamafication of America