About

The Baldwin Citizen is an independent local publication based on the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay. We cover the public business of cities and institutions across Baldwin County, Alabama, beginning with Daphne.

The project is small, local, and proudly slow. Our reporting follows agendas, ordinances, votes, and the documents that make up the public record. We link to sources when we have them. We correct what we get wrong, on the record.

Why start here?

Local information in Baldwin County is fragmented across city Facebook pages, packet PDFs, and the occasional regional headline. Important decisions are routinely made in rooms residents could attend if only they knew the meeting was happening. We exist to close that gap.