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Ryan L. Nave, a native of University City, Mo., oversees the Mississippi Today newsroom and works with the editorial team to make sure we're fulfilling our mission of producing high-quality journalism in the public interest. Ryan has been with Mississippi Today since February 2016 and is an original member of the editorial team. He became news editor August 2016 and editor-in-chief May 2017. Ryan has a bachelor’s in political science from the University of Missouri-Columbia and has worked for Illinois Times, where he covered Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, and served as news editor for the Jackson Free Press. He has received more than a dozen regional and national awards from the Society for Professional Journalists and Association of Alternative Newsmedia and has had fellowships at Northwestern and University of Colorado at Boulder. He currently serves as president of the Jackson Association of Black Journalists and is a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors, National Association of Black Journalists, Society for Professional Journalists and the Online News Association. Ryan often presents on the role of journalism and nonprofit news to a healthy democracy, and has been a featured speaker at the International Symposium on Online Journalism, South by Southwest and the National Association of Black Journalists Annual Convention.
Mississippi Votes may be the first organization in the state to use geofencing, technology used to create a geographic boundary, for a general get-out-the-vote campaign.
Chancellor’s future had for months been an open question as speculation swirled that his contract would not be extended
As Kirk Franklin might say, Mississippi Valley State wasn’t ready for “Thee Revolution.”
Young leaders of the most populous cities in their respective states talk solutions and building consensus
The rally is scheduled for Friday, September 14 at the Mississippi Coliseum
Damage to homes, businesses and public property is possible
Parchman, one of the most notorious penal institutions in the world, casts a haunting shadow throughout Jesmyn Ward’s latest novel
The following is the testimony of Carolyn Bryant, given during the trial of her husband, Roy, and J.W. Miliam, who were charged with the murder of Emmett Till in 1955.
A report to Congress on the case coincided with the release of a book in which Carolyn Bryant recanted parts of her testimony
Smith and Jasper counties say the governor’s proclamation exceeded the powers he is granted under the state’s emergency management law
Candidacy is the first official statewide announcement for the 2019 election cycle
NBC News/Survey Monkey poll shows governor has approval strength even among Democrats and minorities
Lt. Gov Reeves renews opposition to gas tax hike; Gov. Bryant says no special session until House and Senate agree on a plan
At Jackson screening of new documentary, media’s role in civil rights movements – past and present – is scrutinized
