Photo by Acacia Clark Credit: Captures by Caci
Photo by Acacia Clark Credit: Captures by Caci
Photo by Acacia Clark Credit: Captures by Caci
Photo by Acacia Clark Credit: Captures by Caci
Photo by Acacia Clark Credit: Captures by Caci
Photo by Acacia Clark Credit: Captures by Caci
Photo by Acacia Clark Credit: Captures by Caci
Photo by Acacia Clark Credit: Captures by Caci
Photo by Acacia Clark Credit: Captures by Caci
Photo by Acacia Clark Credit: Captures by Caci
Photo by Acacia Clark Credit: Captures by Caci
Photo by Acacia Clark Credit: Captures by Caci
Photo by Acacia Clark Credit: Captures by Caci
Photo by Acacia Clark Credit: Captures by Caci
Photo by Acacia Clark Credit: Captures by Caci
Photo by Acacia Clark Credit: Captures by Caci

When we host our Best of Jackson parties, we hope everyone both comes in and leaves with smiles on their faces. View the gallery below to see how much fun our guests had at this year’s event held Sunday, Jan. 26, at the Arts Center of Mississippi.

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.