Kelly Ann Scott, the top editorial leader for the Alabama Media Group, is resigning this month to become the new executive editor and senior vice president of the Houston Chronicle.

She will remain with the company through mid-October to guide the transition.

“In her time here, she led the team to produce nationally recognized journalism that has changed lives, laws and minds while also transforming our legacy editorial operation into a portfolio of all-digital brands,” Alabama Media Group President Natalie Pruitt said.

Scott came to the company in 2018 after serving as the site leader and executive editor of the Reno Gazette-Journal and USA Today Network state director for Nevada, Utah and Guam.

During her time with the Alabama Media Group, journalists at AL.com won three Pulitzer Prizes and another was named a finalist. AL.com work earned an Edward R. Murrow Award, a George Polk Award, EMMYs and more.

The company also launched The Lede and the Alabama Education Lab, and Reckon grew from an Alabama-specific Facebook page into a national news brand.

“This wasn’t an easy decision. In the past five years, no team of journalists in America has done more to tell stories that changed lives, laws and minds than you have done here in Alabama,” Scott said.

“I’m grateful for our time together in Alabama and all that this newsroom has taught me. I’ve been so lucky to work with each of you.”