Sometimes you just have to revisit the past. So here’s a look at a somewhat carefully curated collection of stories from back when I was the editor of Weld: Birmingham’s Newspaper, which for the first few years was just called Weld for Birmingham. For five years, our scrappy little staff created carefully reported enterprise and investigative journalism while turning an alt-weekly into a chronicle for everyone in what was then Alabama’s largest city. Good times.
Although Weld’s URL has been deeded to someone else, I recently uploaded a few of my own stories to Issuu for posterity. I hope you enjoy them!
In this edition of 
In this edition of NYMBM, stories about those disabled by gun violence, how racial disparities in school discipline are being investigated less under Betsy DeVos, and how – and this will shock some people — many students opting for skilled trades instead four year degrees are making more money and carrying less debt at an earlier age.
Here is a roundup of news reported by nonprofit journalism agencies, which you might not otherwise see reflected in local coverage. This edition: opioids, apprentices, abuse at a Florida treatment facility, and how the EU and the US are shipping dangerous e-junk to Africa.
Stories from nonprofit news providers, including a look at the Trump border wall, the nexus between vocational education and advanced placement, and the plight of the sick in Puerto Rico since Hurricane Maria.
Some good journalism you might not otherwise see.
Nick Patterson Freelance 