John Archibald | jarchibald@al.com

John Archibald is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of “Shaking the Gates of Hell: A Search for Family and Truth in the Wake of the Civil Rights Revolution.” He was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer for commentary and was lead reporter on the 2023 Pulitzer for Local Reporting, which examined out-of-control policing in the tiny Alabama town of Brookside. That story won the George Polk Award for local reporting, the Sidney Hillman Award for web journalism, and a Best-in-Show National Headliner Award, among others. He was a 2021 Nieman Fellow at Harvard, and in 2023 was named inaugural Writer in Residence at Boston University. Archibald wrote and hosted the national Murrow Award-winning podcast "Unjustifiable" in 2021, and is enshrined on the student journalism hall of fame by the University of Alabama, his alma mater. The 2018 Pulitzer Prize jury described his columns as "lyrical and courageous commentary that is rooted in Alabama but has a national resonance in scrutinizing corrupt politicians, championing the rights of women and calling out hypocrisy." His book, published by Alfred A. Knopf, was named one of NPR's "books we love" of 2021.