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Kelsey Davis Betz

Kelsey Davis Betz is from Mobile, Ala., and currently lives in Cleveland, where she worked as a Mississippi Delta-based reporter covering education and intersecting issues. Kelsey has a dual degree in journalism and Spanish from Auburn University and worked as an editorial intern at Texas Monthly and a courts reporter at the Montgomery Advertiser. She is a 2018 Educating Children in Mississippi Fellow at the Hechinger Report and is a co-founder of the Mississippi Delta Public Newsroom.

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Posted inFlooding, Government

‘Water was seeping in through the walls’: Extreme rainfall pours into Bolivar County homes, leaving need for emergency aid

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Kelsey Davis Betz and Alex Rozier June 25, 2021July 7, 2021

Rare and extreme rainfall in Bolivar, Sunflower and Grenada counties has caused flooding which officials are still awaiting emergency aid for to clean up.

Posted inCoronavirus in Mississippi

Here’s how people in the Delta are working to overcome COVID-19 vaccine transportation barriers

Avatar photo by Kelsey Davis Betz May 20, 2021July 2, 2021
Posted inEducation

‘It’s depressing’: More Mississippi students are in virtual classrooms without teachers during pandemic

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Kate Royals and Kelsey Davis Betz March 22, 2021May 10, 2021
Posted inEducation

ACT scores rise, but Mississippi students still fall short of national benchmarks

Avatar photo by Kelsey Davis Betz March 11, 2021May 10, 2021
Posted inEducation

In Cleveland, parents fear the cost of losing pre-K programs

Avatar photo by Kelsey Davis Betz March 4, 2021May 10, 2021
Posted inEducation

‘It’s very obvious that we do not value teachers’: Why educators say there’s a critical teacher shortage

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Kelsey Davis Betz and Aallyah Wright February 10, 2021May 10, 2021
Posted inAnalysis

Mississippi has a critical teacher shortage. No one knows how bad it really is.

Avatar photo by Kelsey Davis Betz February 9, 2021September 30, 2021
Posted inGovernment

Mound Bayou leadership pays off nearly $700,000 in inherited debt

Avatar photo by Kelsey Davis Betz December 28, 2020May 10, 2021
Posted inEducation

Private school association says they shouldn’t have to report COVID-19 numbers to the state

Avatar photo by Kelsey Davis Betz December 22, 2020May 10, 2021
Posted inEquity

Mississippi is one of the most under-connected states in America. Why is that?

Avatar photo by Kelsey Davis Betz November 20, 2020May 10, 2021
Posted inIHL

Thomas Hudson named new JSU president

Avatar photo by Kelsey Davis Betz November 19, 2020March 2, 2023
Posted inEducation

Teachers, parents share concerns about how districts communicate COVID-19 cases

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Aallyah Wright and Kelsey Davis Betz November 17, 2020May 10, 2021
Posted inEducation

Not all Mississippi schools are reporting COVID-19 results as required

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Aallyah Wright and Kelsey Davis Betz October 19, 2020May 10, 2021
Posted inEquity

Inside an at-risk Mississippi Delta voter’s journey to ensure safe voting conditions

Avatar photo by Kelsey Davis Betz October 15, 2020May 10, 2021
Posted inEducation

What Mississippi college presidents have to say about COVID-19 on their campuses

Avatar photo by Kelsey Davis Betz September 18, 2020May 10, 2021

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