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Reporter @aldotcom covering religion, politics and Southern culture since 1985. @mujschool.

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Greg Garrison’s Biography

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Reporter for AL.com, Alabama Media Group and The Birmingham News.

Greg Garrison’s Journalist Portfolio

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After Miss Alabama 2016 turned in her crown, what piece of jewelry did she get next?

After Miss Alabama 2016 turned in her crown, what piece of jewelry did she get next?

Not long after Miss Alabama 2016 Hayley Barber turned in her crown, she got another piece of jewelry. Her boy…

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Mother Angelica's last days: priest describes her suffering, death on Easter

Mother Angelica's last days: priest describes her suffering, death on Easter

During the first memorial sermon for Mother Angelica on Tuesday, in a chapel at the headquarters of EWTN Glob…

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Alabama church members smoke pot, eat mushrooms and peyote: those are the sacraments

Alabama church members smoke pot, eat mushrooms and peyote: those are the sacraments

An Alabama church founded last year has a legal exemption for its members to smoke marijuana and ingest hallu…

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Lesbian mom asks Christian judge to recuse himself from divorce case

Lesbian mom asks Christian judge to recuse himself from divorce case

A lesbian mother in Alabama has asked a Christian judge in DeKalb Circuit Court to recuse himself from her di…

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Man ejected from church on Easter Sunday after ex-wife complains

Man ejected from church on Easter Sunday after ex-wife complains

A Birmingham lawyer was ejected from the Church of the Highlands on Sunday after attending an Easter Sunday w…

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Pastor of 16-member church that split in half takes firing to Supreme Court

Pastor of 16-member church that split in half takes firing to Supreme Court

Paradise Missionary Baptist Church in Alabama hasn't exactly lived up to its name. The 16-member church in th…

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Birmingham area church closes as membership drops, campus put up for sale

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By Greg Garrison Verified
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News Published: Aug. 07, 2026, 10:12 a.m. During a service on May 10, 2026 at Kingdom of Hope, Pastor Lee Marsingill (at far left) and church members lead the music. (Photo by Greg Garrison/AL.com)ggarrison@al.com A west Jefferson County church has stopped meeting at its Concord campus, which has been put up for sale as the congregation that once had more than 125 members dwindled to less than a dozen.
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Action sports event at City Walk will close Birmingham streets for 3 days

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By Greg Garrison Verified
| Yahoo Verified
Follow Action sports event at City Walk will close Birmingham streets for 3 days Thu, August 6, 2026 at 3:23 PM EDT An action sports event taking place this weekend at City Walk in downtown Birmingham will close several city streets for three days. The FISE World Series, billed as "three days of insane action sports, music and urban culture," features BMX short-track bicycle racing on custom-built courses with jumps and steeply banked turns, skateboarding and 3-on-3 basketball competitions.
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Action sports event at City Walk will close Birmingham streets for 3 days

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By Greg Garrison Verified
| AL.com Verified
Birmingham Real-Time News Published: Aug. 06, 2026, 10:40 a.m. The FISE World Series features BMX short-track bicycle racing on custom-built courses with jumps and steeply banked turns, skateboarding and 3-on-3 basketball competitions.FISE An action sports event taking place this weekend at City Walk in downtown Birmingham will close several city streets for three days.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I was hired as the first full-time religion beat reporter at The Anniston Star in Alabama in 1985.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes. I think I was in the last News 105 class at the University of Missouri School of Journalism that used typewriters. I still own one.

How is social media changing news?

You can reach almost anybody anywhere now, and going viral is always a possibility.

Awards

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Alabama Press Association

2010 - Best News Feature Story

Alabama Press Association Better Newspaper Contest - 1st Place: The Birmingham News for “Behind the Painted Wall” by Greg Garrison, about life in a Birmingham housing project.

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Associated Press Managing Editors

2006 - Sweepstakes

Best overall sports coverage in Alabama, for "Playing and Praying" series, about faith in sports

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Hearst College Journalism Award

1985 - Sportswriting

William Randolph Hearst Foundation Award for outstanding writing by a college student journalist

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Guideposts Youth Writing Contest

1981 - Honorable Mention

Guideposts Magazine Award for best spiritual writing by a high school student

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