Adam Van Brimmer

Adam Van Brimmer

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Adam Van Brimmer covers coastal Georgia for the AJC. Adam joined the AJC in 2023 and has previously written for the Savannah Morning News, the Virgin Islands Daily News and the Athens (Ohio) Messenger. Adam has worked in most corners of the newsroom, from sports to business to government and politics. Adam is a 2025 Atlanta Press Club general excellence winner. In a previous role as an opinion page editor, he won the Otis A. Brumby Trophy four times. The annual award goes to Georgia's top opinion columnist by the Georgia Press Association. He is a graduate of Ohio University and grew up in the rural countryside near Columbus, Ohio.

Adam Van Brimmer staff image

Adam Van Brimmer covers coastal Georgia for the AJC. Adam joined the AJC in 2023 and has previously written for the Savannah Morning News, the Virgin Islands Daily News and the Athens (Ohio) Messenger. Adam has worked in most corners of the newsroom, from sports to business to government and politics. Adam is a 2025 Atlanta Press Club general excellence winner. In a previous role as an opinion page editor, he won the Otis A. Brumby Trophy four times. The annual award goes to Georgia's top opinion columnist by the Georgia Press Association. He is a graduate of Ohio University and grew up in the rural countryside near Columbus, Ohio.

Latest from Adam Van Brimmer

DOJ to send monitors to 6 Georgia counties with Democratic majorities

The U.S. Department of Justice has notified several left-leaning Georgia counties that it intends to station election monitors on Election Day.

What’s as long as 5 football fields? Private docks likely headed to Georgia coast.

State agency to vote on allowing private residential docks up to 1,500 feet long and 6 feet wide on Georgia's coast amid public opposition.

Mitsubishi to spend $490M, add 220 jobs in Georgia power turbine expansion

Mitsubishi Power Systems announced plans Friday to double its production capacity at a power turbine factory near Savannah amid AI demand. The Georgia facility opened in 2010.

5 Catholic martyrs move closer to sainthood 400 years after Georgia deaths

Spanish missionaries killed in 1597 after opposing polygamy in a Guale tribe to be "blessed" this month by the Vatican in Georgia’s first beatification ceremony.

Georgia Ports Authority gets OK to build $2.3B Savannah container terminal

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approves permit to build large new container terminal at Savannah port after September shipping traffic set a record and accelerated in October.

A.M. ATL: Panda countdown

Morning, y’all. Your Oct. 7 update: A public debut for Zoo Atlanta's newly emigrated pandas, Georgia governor debate analysis, Michelangelo art exhibit in Savannah and more.

A.M. ATL: Governor hopefuls meet, finally

Here's your Oct. 6 update: midterm election debates, Georgia-bound migrants, SpelHouse and more.

A.M. ATL: Hip hop and hashbrowns

Morning, y'all. Here's your Oct. 5 update: Outkast-Waffle House merch, the Braves' Game 2 win, the High Museum of Art's centennial anniversary and more.

Savannah’s bustling riverfront is about to get busier. Here’s why.

The Georgia Ports Authority's Ocean Terminal facility is increasing vessel loading and unloading with completion of 2,650-foot-long wharf as part of $1.6 billion makeover.

Where are the hurricanes? Storm-weary Georgia seeing abnormally quiet year.

A powerful El Nino weather pattern is smothering hurricane activity in the Atlantic even as nor'easters churn. Still, experts are urging Georgians to stay vigilant.