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John Sharp | jsharp@al.com

John Sharp is a reporter for AL.com. He writes about the Alabama Gulf Coast, state politics, and on an array of general assignment topics including business, criminal justice, and social and cultural issues that are of interest to readers throughout the state. His analysis on news issues has been featured through frequent interviews on radio and TV outlets within the Mobile area and elsewhere in Alabama. He has appeared on CNN, Fox News, PBS, CBS News, NPR and on international outlets like RNZ in New Zealand. A professional journalist for over 20 years, he has been with AL.com since 2012. Prior to that, he was a journalist in Peoria, Ill., at the Peoria Journal Star. John has won awards for his work in both Alabama and Illinois. He is a graduate from the University of Illinois at Springfield's Public Affairs Reporting program, and has a background in teaching and advising aspiring journalists at Illinois Central College and the University of South Alabama.