2023 ABBY Awards — Podcast
Selections from WBHM’s 7-part podcast Deliberate Indifference. The podcast traces how Alabama’s prisons became among the most dangerous correctional systems in the nation, where incarcerated men face a near constant threat of violence in overcrowded, critically understaffed facilities.
Excerpt from episode 1, “An Alabama Problem,” which introduces listeners to the Alabama prison crisis that’s been brewing for decades
Excerpt from episode 5, “Minimally Adequate,” which documents the failures of mental healthcare in Alabama’s prisons
Excerpt from episode 7, “An Alabama Solution,” which examines Alabama’s more than $1 billion plan to build two new mega-prisons
2025 Murrow Awards — Overall Excellence Entry
00:00 — Pro-Palestinian demonstration draws counter-protest at University of Alabama 1:52 — Morning newscast from Sept. 23, 2025 4:23 — Broken sticks and lots of laundry: what it takes to […]
2025 Murrow Award Entry — Newscast
WBHM’s morning newscast from Sept. 23, 2024
2025 Murrow Award Entry — Continuing Coverage
The following are stories that were part of WBHM’s coverage of the closing of Birmingham-Southern College. BSC’s Daniel Coleman talks about his years-long effort to save the school and what […]
2025 ABBY Award Entry — Newscast
WBHM’s morning newscast from Dec. 18, 2024
2025 ABBY Award Entry — News Reporter, Richard Banks
Montage of stories from Richard Banks including: Barely Legal: Some officials in Alabama want to outlaw delta-8. Others want to make it safer — Dec. 18, 2024 Understaffed, the Birmingham […]
2025 ABBY Award Entry — News Reporter, Noelle Annonen
Montage of stories from Noelle Annonen including: ‘Five Points South is so much more than that’: residents reflect one month after mass shooting — Oct. 21, 2024 ‘Iced Cherries’: Joe […]
