As the marketing manager for Mangia Bene Inc., Susan Farris handles marketing responsibilities for BRAVO!, Broad Street and Sal & Mookie’s. Additionally, she is currently completing her MFA in creative writing through Lindenwood University and hopes to publish two of her works fairly soon: a novel entitled ‘The Gravedigger’s Guild’ and a poetry collection called ‘Flooding The Delta.’ She is married to Pete Farris and spends her spare time reading, listening to music and debating the merits of the various installations of the ‘Star Wars’ series.
Mississippi native Donna Ladd and partner Todd Stauffer founded the Jackson Free Press in 2002 in the capital city. The heavily awarded local newspaper did many investigations heralded across the state and nation and served as a paper of record due to its diversity, inclusion, in-depth reporting and deep connection to readers and dedication to narrative change in and about Mississippi. In 2022, the nonprofit Mississippi Free Press, founded by Ladd and JFP Associate Publisher Kimberly Griffin in 2020, purchased the journalism assets and archives of the Jackson Free Press. A Google grant through AAN Publishers enabled Newspack's integration of the JFP archives into the Mississippi Free Press website to become part of a more searchable archive of recent Mississippi history and essential journalism.
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