Rick Bragg
Professor of Writing
Contact
Office: 402-B Phifer Hall
Phone: (205) 348-8617
E-mail: rbragg@bama.ua.edu
Prior Academic Experience
Harvard University, Nieman Fellow
Poynter Institute for Media Studies, Visiting Faculty
Selected Professional Experience
Correspondent, New York Times
Reporter and Bureau Chief, St. Petersburg Times
Reporter, The Birmingham News
Reporter, The Anniston Star
Books
All Over But the Shoutin' (1997)
Ava's Man (2001)
I Am A Soldier Too (2003)
Somebody Told Me: The Newspaper Stories of Rick Bragg (2000)
The Prince of Frogtown (2008)
The Most They Ever Had (2009)
Awards
Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing (1996)
American Society of Newspaper Editors Distinguished Writing Award (1991 & 1996)
Clarence Cason Award for Non-Fiction Writing, University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences (2004)
Harper Lee Award ( AL Distinguished Writer of the Year), Alabama Writers' Forum (2009)
Teaching Specialties
Magazine Writing, Feature Writing