Everyone has to start somewhere.
It’s true what they say. Print journalists have ink in their veins.
Gulf Breeze News: ‘05-‘08
Splash Magazine: ‘05-’08
Mobile Press-Register: ‘08-‘09
Pensacola Independent: ‘08-‘10
AL.com freelance: ‘12-’13
Reporting was my first professional gig after graduating with my bachelor’s degree. No publication was too big or too small along the Flora-Bama Gulf Coast. I held jobs at daily papers, weekly papers, entertainment rags, and political tabloids, among others. Below are just a few of my bylines.
Mobile Press-Register: School Board & General Assignment
Dating back a decade or more, many of these online articles are snippets from the AL.com blog, meant to entice physical paper sales. These press clippings are small samples of the larger articles.
Atmore prison escapee recaptured near Magnolia Landfill in Summerdale
By Franklin Hayes, Feb. 25, 2009
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Loxley man accused of committing murder for drug money
By Franklin Hayes, April 9, 2009
Read more here.
AL.com: Freelance Music Reporter
While working a full-time gig at ProctorU, I took up some freelance assignments to cover a lifelong passion.
The Black Jacket Symphony gives Workplay audience an experience to remember
By Franklin Hayes, March 5, 2012
Read more here.
Birmingham loses classic hip-hop station, gains easy listening broadcast
By Franklin Hayes, Nov. 21, 2013
Read more here.
Gulf Breeze News: Editor/Reporter
Gulf Breeze News is a weekly community paper serving a city of about 5,000 residents near Pensacola Beach.