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
turtle release

A real live teenage mutant ninja turtle? Viral sensation returns to the sea.

Gaineville inland port opens

Ships, trains and semi-trucks: How inland port aims to ease Atlanta traffic

Breonna Moffett Memorial Day

Sorrow and celebration mark Memorial Day for fallen Georgia soldier’s family

The CMA CGM Brazil Sail Up The Savannah River

Hurry up and deepen? Study funded to ‘fast-track’ dredging at Savannah port.

Tybee Island Beach Bum Parade

Georgia beach town kicks off summer with 3-mile-long water fight

Hyundai Quick Start program

Can man and (dog) robot work together? At Hyundai plant, they already do.

Georgia Hyundai EV factory

First hybrid soon to roll out of South Georgia Hyundai EV factory

Sites are being developed all around Hyundai's electric vehicle plant in Bryan County, which has grown faster than any other county in Georgia's over the past 15 years. (Ben Gray for the AJC)

Could Georgia’s fastest-growing county be closed for development?

US Wildfires

Georgia wildfires: For group of female evacuees, a long wait to return home

children

Father accused of slaying, burying children in Georgia backyard gets plea deal