
Stephen is a lifelong Alabama resident who has spent 15 years reporting for various media outlets in the Tuscaloosa area, including stints at the Crimson White, AL.com, the Tuscaloosa News and more before joining the team at Townsquare Media, where he now serves as the editor-in-chief of the Tuscaloosa Thread. Dethrage has won national and state-level awards for investigative reporting, feature writing and more.