Stop the Steal (Journalism Version) - BirminghamWatch

Stop the Steal (Journalism Version) - BirminghamWatch

Tom Arenberg is an instructor of news media at the University of Alabama. A University of Alabama football fan went viral when national TV showed him wearing a crimson T-shirt amid a vast Penn State whiteout during the Nittany Lions’ home game against Auburn in September 2021. It was a story begging to be told. So Ryan Phillips did. The editor of the local news website Patch Tuscaloosa tracked the man down. It wasn’t easy. But he got the story. …