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
Federal Buildings Up For Sale

What’s next for two Savannah architectural landmarks? Feds consider sale.

An aerial image of the Talmadge Bridge above the Savannah River with the Georgia Ports Authority Ocean Terminal in the background. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

Lawmakers seed study to deepen Savannah port amid environmental questions

Georgia ports heavy equipment

Heavy equipment lifting business at crucial time for Brunswick port

A house stands in the Hogg Hummock community of Sapelo Island, Georgia. Its Gullah Geechee residents are descendants of enslaved West Africans brought to the barrier island to work plantations in the 1800s. (Justin Taylor for the AJC)

Sapelo Island to stay ‘Geechee’: McIntosh Commission to bend on zoning law

Sapelo Sign

Voters side with Gullah Geechee in Sapelo Island zoning referendum

A NEW VISITOR PLAN THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED FOR THE CUMBERLAND ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE

Could increased visitation ruin Cumberland Island? Plan stokes controversy.

Savannah Filming

Lights. Camera. Return to action? Savannah looks to indie films for revival.

Aftermath on Sapelo Island

Gullah Geechee face new development, tax challenges on Sapelo Island

Aftermath on Sapelo Island

The Gullah Geechee of Sapelo Island: What to know

Jim Kingston Campaign Trail

Meet the 30-somethings aiming to remake Georgia’s congressional delegation