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.
Latest from Adam Van Brimmer
Cumberland Island land exchange media tour

Cumberland Island is a primitive place. A development debate rages on.

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Election Recount Chatham County

Chatham County changes election leaders weeks ahead of midterms

OpenAI data center open house

OpenAI’s massive Georgia data center project faces legal challenges

Tybee Island erosion,

How a Georgia seaside hot spot staved off every beach town’s worst nightmare

King Prince Golf Remodel

Why a golf course going private is shaking life on a coastal Georgia island

Georgia Southern Wildlife Center Freedom II

At the intersection of college football and falconry, one big question remains

Roundabouts hed tk

More roundabouts - and even the first traffic peanut - popping up across Georgia

Cumberland Island's Sea Camp

Crowded Cumberland? National Park Service adopts new visitation policy

The Savannah City Council plans to vote Thursday on a moratorium on large data centers, joining other municipal and county governments on Georgia's coast. 
(Miguel Martinez/AJC)

Coastal Georgia data center lockdown? Local governments impose moratoriums.