Creating a magazine is a complicated and rewarding process, and putting together content for a history magazine, specifically, has its own challenges and gifts. We strive to bring you excellent content that tells the stories of all Alabamians, and we always try to deliver that material to you in an engaging and beautiful way.
Over the course of Alabama Heritage’s history, we have presented our readers with a redesign only twice. The last time we gave the magazine a face lift was with Issue 100, back in 2011, and now we are excited to do so again.
Starting with Issue 152, Alabama Heritage welcomes Laura Buchanan McElroy as its newest designer. She has done a wonderful job, and we are so pleased to be working with her. Laura is a life-long Alabamian, having been born and raised in Florence. She received her BFA from Auburn University and also studied in London at The Royal College of Fine Arts, Kensington. She has worked at various magazines and has designed multiple publications for the University of Alabama. We know that Laura will bring our stories to life through her talent and design, and we are excited to be working with her.
We have a wide range of stories in this issue. In our annual Places in Peril article, you can wander through our state’s endangered properties. Or you can relive the Battle of Mobile Bay as you read an eyewitness account from a young Confederate soldier who was there. If more recent history is what you love, you can delve into John Giggie’s new research about Tuscaloosa’s Bloody Tuesday or Lori Owens’s article about Sen. James Allen’s political career. We are also happy to bring you our new department series: Alabama Counties. In each issue, we will present fun facts about one Alabama county, something we hope our state’s teachers will also find useful when sharing Alabama history with our fourth graders.
As always, we thank you for exploring our state’s history with us.
Starting with Issue 152, Alabama Heritage welcomes Laura Buchanan McElroy as its newest designer. She has done a wonderful job, and we are so pleased to be working with her. Laura is a life-long Alabamian, having been born and raised in Florence. She received her BFA from Auburn University and also studied in London at The Royal College of Fine Arts, Kensington. She has worked at various magazines and has designed multiple publications for the University of Alabama. We know that Laura will bring our stories to life through her talent and design, and we are excited to be working with her.
We have a wide range of stories in this issue. In our annual Places in Peril article, you can wander through our state’s endangered properties. Or you can relive the Battle of Mobile Bay as you read an eyewitness account from a young Confederate soldier who was there. If more recent history is what you love, you can delve into John Giggie’s new research about Tuscaloosa’s Bloody Tuesday or Lori Owens’s article about Sen. James Allen’s political career. We are also happy to bring you our new department series: Alabama Counties. In each issue, we will present fun facts about one Alabama county, something we hope our state’s teachers will also find useful when sharing Alabama history with our fourth graders.
As always, we thank you for exploring our state’s history with us.