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“January is our member month,” Kimberly Griffin writes. “Become an MFP VIP Club member by donating at least $10 a month or $100 a year.”
“ProPublica and Report for America are resourcing our newsroom in ways we couldn’t have imagined,” Kimberly Griffin writes.
“We believe every Mississippian deserves access to a free and fair press regardless of their economic circumstance,” Kimberly Griffin writes.
“Our existence challenges the media and leadership status quo, how news is done and what communities are served,” Kimberly Griffin writes.
Can y’all believe it’s the middle of October? Here in Mississippi, the temps aren’t exactly cool, but one is tempted to wear a sweater.
“First, not one person on our team is fixated on being first. Getting it right is our goal,” Kimberly Griffin writes. “We aren’t sitting around decrying other journalists covering the story. That’s not helpful. It’s harmful because Mississippians deserve as much good information they can get because, Lord knows, power brokers are hiding it from us.”
“Our team covered the deep causes of the first round of the Jackson water crisis, and are covering this one, like both professional journalists and Mississippians who love their home state and its capital city.”
During these violence-prevention circles—which are virtual for now, though we hope we can have face-to-face conversations soon—we sit down with Mississippians from all walks of life and all corners of the state who then become part of a larger network seeking solutions together.
MFP Co-founder and Publisher Kimberly Griffin reflects on takeaways from a national journalism conference in Chicago, highlighting the continual growth of diversity in media. “‘Diversity’ is an overused word, yet I can’t think of any better word to describe the rooms filled with more Black and Brown folks, more young people, and more people from the LGBTQ+ community,” she writes.
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