New York Times Local INvestigations Fellowship
About the fellowship
Reporter working at Mississippi Today chosen for New York Times’ first group of local investigative fellowships
Ilyssa Daly, an investigative reporter for the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting at Mississippi Today, has been selected for The New York Times’ inaugural class of the Local Investigation Fellowships.
Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting at Mississippi Today
Ilyssa Daly examines the power of sheriff’s offices in Mississippi as part of The Times’s Local Investigations Fellowship. Jerry Mitchell is an investigative reporter who has examined civil rights-era cold murder cases in the state for more than 30 years.
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