Noelle Annonen
WBHM General Assignment Reporter
Noelle Annonen is a general assignment reporter for WBHM
Birmingham, covering news from across the region. She got her start
reporting at the Falmouth Enterprise, a newspaper on Cape Cod,
Massachusetts.
While working for the Enterprise, Noelle co-founded, hosted and
produced a news podcast on the most pressing issues in the region,
ranging from pickle ball to climate change, including the affordable
housing crisis, domestic violence, and substance use disorder. Two of
her episodes of the Upper Cape Catch won Best Podcast at the New
England Newspaper Association Awards in 2024.
Noelle grew up in a military family and has lived around the world,
including France and Ireland. Her relocation to Birmingham marked her
21st cross-border move, although after her time studying at the
University of Montana, she calls Missoula “home.” In her free time, she
enjoys running, dancing to Taylor Swift music and catching up with her
many long-distance friends.
‘Iced Cherries’: Joe D. Nelson’s take on modern folk and age old tropes
It may be unusual for a musician to refer to his own music as a trope. But that’s what Birmingham singer-songwriter Joe D. Nelson does with his latest album Iced Cherries.
Why this winter could bring more tornadoes to Alabama
Scientists are finding the tornado map of the United States is changing. In recent years, the Tornado Alley of the Great Plains has twisted into the southeast, a region known as Dixie Alley.
It’s Peanut Butter Jelly Time in McCalla: Smuckers opens biggest Uncrustables factory in the country
The facility represents a more than $1 billion capital investment from Smuckers and is predicted to bring in 750 jobs to the community.
Birmingham’s newest voters: how the latest generation is approaching politics
While Alabama is not a swing state, these students represent an up and coming generation whose voices have not yet been heard in the political world. And this demographic of voters has already proven that they can make an impact.
16th Street Baptist Church wins national historic stewardship award
The 16th Street Baptist Church received national recognition on Monday for its historic site stewardship from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. This comes after years of church staff and community members working hard to restore and preserve the structure as it looked in 1963.
‘Five Points South is so much more than that’: residents reflect one month after mass shooting
How is the neighborhood holding up in the weeks since a mass shooting left four people dead and 17 wounded.
Woodfin tasks new commission with reducing homicides
Leaders in law enforcement, the business sector, religious groups and others will draw inspiration from violence reduction methods proven by cities from around the country.
