AL.com announces two new journalists for Alabama Education Lab Updated 10:23 AM; AL.com has hired two more journalists to join its new Alabama Education Lab team, which officially launches later this summer. Rebecca Griesbach and Savannah Tryens-Fernandes are supported by grants from Report for America, a nonprofit that aids local newsrooms. They join Education Editor Ruth Serven Smith, who joined AL.com in January after working as an education reporter and editor in Virginia, and Senior Reporter Trisha Powell Crain, who has reported on Alabama schools for years. “We’re grateful for the support from Report for America to help us report and lead this conversation in Alabama,” said Kelly Ann Scott, vice president of content for Alabama Media Group.