Alexander will lead Mississippi Today’s impact donor fundraising initiatives, working closely with senior leadership to further grow individual investment in our nonprofit newsroom.
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Mississippi Today recipient of Knight Foundation support to strengthen digital platforms in newsrooms across the country
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24 newsrooms will receive $20,000 grants to adopt or manage publishing platforms
Award-winning journalist Geoff Pender joins Mississippi Today team
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Pender will serve as Senior Political Reporter, working closely with Mississippi Today leadership on editorial strategy and investigations.
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Ganucheau named Mississippi Today’s permanent editor-in-chief
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As part of Ganucheau’s editorial vision for Mississippi Today, the newsroom will align on a three-pillar strategy to reach readers of all backgrounds.
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Web and Engagement Editor Lauchlin Fields named INN Emerging Leader
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The Emerging Leaders Council is an initiative to identify and support leaders who will advance the nonprofit news sector throughout the next decade.
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Staff Spotlight: Work by photojournalist Eric J. Shelton featured by international organization
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Eric is among an international group of photographers representing work in Prints for Mississippi.
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Anna Wolfe featured on NPR’s ‘All Things Considered’
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Mississippi Today’s Anna Wolfe, an investigative reporter focused on poverty, discusses her recent story that helps explain why black Mississippians have been hit much harder by COVID-19
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Kayleigh Skinner named Mississippi Today’s deputy managing editor
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Skinner will manage Mississippi Today’s Delta Bureau and lead the site’s education coverage while working with the interim editor-in-chief and managing editor to craft broader editorial strategy.
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Staff Spotlight: Education reporter Aallyah Wright named to national journalist advisory board
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Aallyah is among journalists from a mix of regional and national media organizations serving on EWA’s Journalist Advisory Board for the 2020-2021 term.
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Ganucheau named Mississippi Today’s interim editor-in-chief
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Ganucheau joined Mississippi Today pre-launch in 2016 as a politics and state government reporter.
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Staff Spotlight: Public health reporter Erica Hensley named finalist for national healthcare journalism award
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The award recognizes Erica’s investigative reporting on Mississippi’s EMS network.