Bob Carlton

Bob Carlton is a special correspondent for Alabama Public Radio based in Birmingham. For 46 years, he wrote about the people, places, food and culture of his home state of Alabama for The Birmingham News and AL.com, retiring in 2025. A native of the Marengo County seat of Linden, Bob earned his journalism degree from the University of Alabama in 1980. He has won numerous Alabama Press Association and Alabama Associated Press awards for his feature writing.