One year ago this month, we published Anna Wolfe’s five-part investigative series The Backchannel. Since then, Wolfe has continued to cover the scandal, won the 2023 GoldSmith Prize and answered your questions about the scandal on national television, Reddit and our YouTube channel.

To celebrate the anniversary of The Backchannel, Wolfe will answer more of your questions.

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What questions do you have about the welfare scandal?

by Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today
April 13, 2023

<h1>What questions do you have about the welfare scandal?</h1> <p class="byline">by Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today <br />April 13, 2023</p> <br /> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/MT-Asks-April2023_newsletter.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1094626" /></figure> <p>One year ago this month, we published&nbsp;Anna Wolfe’s five-part investigative series <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/the-backchannel/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Backchannel</a>. Since then, Wolfe has continued to cover the scandal, won the <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2023/03/15/anna-wolfe-goldsmith-prize-mississippi-today/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2023 GoldSmith Prize</a> and answered your questions about the scandal on <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2022/07/28/mississippi-today-reporter-anna-wolfe-welfare-scandal/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">national television</a>, <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2022/08/11/mississippi-welfare-anna-wolfe-backchannel-reddit-ama-recap/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Reddit</a> and our <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2022/08/19/mt-asks-mississippi-welfare-scandal-anna-wolfe/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">YouTube channel</a>.</p> <p>To celebrate the anniversary of The Backchannel, Wolfe will answer more of your questions.</p> <p>Submit your questions below.</p> <p> (function (c, i, t, y, z, e, n, x) { x = c.createElement(y), n = c.getElementsByTagName(y)[0]; x.async = 1; x.src = t; n.parentNode.insertBefore(x, n); })(document, window, "//publicinput.com/Link?embedId=38855", "script");</p> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide" /> <div class="wp-block-group has-light-gray-background-color has-background"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-normal-font-size" id="h-free-online-journalism-has-never-mattered-more">FREE ONLINE JOURNALISM HAS NEVER MATTERED MORE.</h2> <p class="has-text-align-left has-small-font-size">As a nonprofit newsroom, we rely on donations from readers to power our work. Will you invest in the future of independent journalism in Mississippi?</p> <div class="wp-block-buttons"> <div class="wp-block-button is-style-fill"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button" href="https://checkout.fundjournalism.org/memberform?org_id=mississippitoday&amp;campaign=7010b000000ezLpAAI" style="border-radius:2px;background-color:#ff6c37" rel="https://checkout.fundjournalism.org/memberform?org_id=mississippitoday&amp;amount=15&amp;installmentPeriod=monthly&amp;campaign=7010b000000ezLpAAI noopener">YES! I'LL DONATE TODAY.</a></div> </p></div> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org/2023/04/13/welfare-scandal-questions-mt-asks/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org&quot;&gt;Mississippi Today&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MT_icon-logo-favicon-1.png?fit=134%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=1094621&amp;amp;ga4=G-VSX4B701MS&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://mississippitoday.org/2023/04/13/welfare-scandal-questions-mt-asks/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/mississippitoday.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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