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Business Insider reporter and editor Julie Zeveloff speaks with local news media in Bienville Square. Zeveloff came to Mobile after naming it the third "most miserable" on a list. (Michael Finch II | mfinch@al.com)

MOBILE, Alabama -- The perks for one journalist's news article that labeled Mobile "miserable" keep rolling in.

Julie Zeveloff, the reporter and editor from Business Insider received a grant of “honorary citizenship” from the Mobile City Council and Mayor Sam Jones.

Jones issued the proclamation late Friday that bestowed the honor.

“For your willingness to question the statistics, for keeping an open mind and for making a personal journey to visit our fair city,” Jones said in a released statement. “The Mobile City Council and I take great pleasure in naming you, Ms. Zeveloff, an honorary citizen of Mobile, with all the rights and responsibilities afforded thereunto.”

Zeveloff received a grand tour from Sandy Stimpson last week, who lured her to the south with a social media campaign.

A blog was created for Zeveloff by Stimpson, asking her to come down to Mobile and see the city of herself.

Zeveloff refused, at first, but accepted the invitation in the end.

During her trip last week, Zeveloff cruised on the Mobile River delta, ate seafood at Felix’s Fish Camp Grill and received a condensed tour of the city.

She left so amused with Mobile that she posted a story and photo gallery about all that she had learned during her three-day hiatus from her New York City office.