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Even the animals at the Birmingham Zoo enjoyed this snow day!
Director/Producer/Editor/Writer: Amanda Khorramabadi
4.4 Million TikTok views
A great white shark, believed to be the first ever caught off the shores of Alabama, was reeled in by a group on a land-based shark fishing trip in Orange Beach, Alabama. Dylan Wier, his business partner Blaine Kenny and a group of family friends from Wisconsin caught the shark in the early morning hours of March 7, 2023. At around 11 feet in length, the juvenile shark is believed to be the first-ever great white caught by a land-based fisherman in Alabama.
Wier and Kenny’s land-based shark fishing business, Costal WorldWide, uploaded the full video to their Youtube channel.
Director/Producer/Writer/Editor: Amanda Khorramabadi
Footage: Costal WorldWide
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Listen to the difference between Alabama Senator Katie Britt’s natural voice and speech voice. She delivered the Republican party response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address. During Britt’s GOP response, she characterized Joe Biden as a “dithering and diminished” president who “just doesn’t get it.” Britt is the first Alabamian to deliver the response to the State of the Union.
Producer/Writer/Editor: Amanda Khorramabadi
2.1 million TikTok views
This video, taken at the state line between Tennessee and Alabama, shows the stark contrast in road conditions after a snowfall earlier this week. In Tennessee, roads have been plowed and cleared, but in North Alabama, roads remain icy and travel conditions dangerous. Many roads are still impassable, and some residents complain they’re running out of essential items, like food.
Producer: Amanda Khorramabadi
Editor: Amanda Khorramabadi
Footage: Jessica Weigart
1.3 Million IG Views
Four 17-year-old boys were rescued after a massive overnight search on the Cahaba River. The teens set out on an inflatable pool near the Grants Mill boat launch, but the swift current damaged the makeshift raft.
Producer/Writer/Editor: Amanda Khorramabadi
2.6 million Youtube views
Aunt Sally Smith, also known as Redoshi, was kidnapped as a child from her hometown of Benin, Africa. 80 years later, in 1936, she spoke in her native language, Bantu, with a visiting African Academic in Dallas County, Alabama at the age of 90. Amelia Boynton Robinson, a prominent Civil Rights activist observed the conversation when visiting the former slave, according to her memoir “Bridge Across Jordan.”
Producer/Writer/Editor: Amanda Khorramabadi