• Forest High School band member Jamison Terry holds a sign in support of Forest Hill High School band director, Demetri Jones, during the Jackson School Board meeting Tuesday, October 16, 2018. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for America
  • Superintendent Dr. Errick L. Greene gives his remarks concerning Forest Hill High School band director, Demetri Jones, during the Jackson School Board meeting Tuesday, October 16, 2018. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for America
  • Jennifer Lloyd speaks in support of Forest Hill High School band director, Demetri Jones, during the Jackson School Board meeting Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for America
  • Anita Hampton holds a sign in support of her nephew, Forest Hill High School band director Demetri Jones, during the Jackson School Board meeting Tuesday, October 16, 2018. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for America
  • Students and Forest Hill High School band members show support for Forest Hill High School band director, Demetri Jones, during the Jackson School Board meeting Tuesday, October 16, 2018. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for America
  • Forest High School student Tatyana Hollingbird speaks about Forest Hill High School band director Demetri Jones, during the Jackson School Board meeting Tuesday, October 16, 2018. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for America
  • Supporters aplaude as Jennifer Lloyd voices her support for Forest Hill High School band director, Demetri Jones, during the Jackson School Board meeting Tuesday, October 16, 2018. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for America
  • Larry Willson, right, stands with members of the the Forest Hill High School band as he expresses his support for Forest Hill High School band director, Demetri Jones, during the Jackson School Board meeting Tuesday, October 16, 2018. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for America
  • Jennifer Lloyd speaks in support of Forest Hill High School band director, Demetri Jones, during the Jackson School Board meeting Tuesday, October 16, 2018. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for America
  • Larry Willson speaks in support of Forest Hill High School band director, Demetri Jones, during the Jackson School Board meeting Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for America
  • Supporters of Forest Hill High School band director, Demetri Jones, attend the Jackson School Board meeting Tuesday, October 16, 2018. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for America

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Eric J. Shelton was a 2018 corps member in Report for America, and joined the team as our first photojournalist. A native of Columbia, Miss., Eric earned his bachelor’s in photojournalism from the University of Southern Mississippi. He was a multimedia journalist for Abilene Reporter-News, chief photographer for the Hattiesburg American and photo editor for the Killeen Daily Herald before joining our team June 2018. He rejoined Mississippi Today as our health photojournalist in January 2022.