Our writers
Who writes this
Everything published about Gulf Shores on this site carries a name. Here is who those names belong to, what each of them covers, and how to read everything they have written.
Brandi Cochran
Senior Editor
Beat: Things to Do, Beaches, Best Time to Visit
Brandi grew up in Foley and has covered Baldwin County for fourteen years, long enough to remember this beach before the Beach Express toll came off and after two direct hurricane hits. Her beat is the detail that costs a reader money when it is wrong: which city an access belongs to, what the parking rules changed to, what a storm actually closed.
3 guides · 4 news posts
Dale Whitaker
Outdoors & Fishing Editor
Beat: Things to Do, Nature & Wildlife, Attractions
Dale has fished Perdido Pass and the nearshore reefs since he was old enough to hold a rod, and he reads this coast by tide and wind rather than by calendar. He covers the charter fleet, the pier, the Backcountry Trail and the refuge, and he will tell you plainly when the pass is too rough to leave and the trail is the better day.
4 guides · 3 news posts
Yvonne Ramsey
Family & Practical Editor
Beat: Beaches, With Kids, Things to Do
Yvonne writes for the parent standing in a rental kitchen at eight in the morning deciding what the day is. She tests the logistics with her own two in tow: which access has shade and restrooms, what the flag means, whether Fort Morgan is worth the drive with a toddler. If a place is small, she says so in the first line.
3 guides · 1 news post
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