Stacey Spiehler has been everything from a secretary to a stay-at-home mom to the president of the homeowners’ association to a homeless alcoholic to the manager of a fancy restaurant to a fully-funded scholar at the University of Mississippi. She is seeking a degree in journalism with an emphasis on social justice and political reporting and a minor in sociology. She is a strong advocate for people suffering from substance-use disorder and for the education rights of children with special medical needs. She is the president-elect of Families As Allies and secretary of the University of Mississippi’s Collegiate Recovery Community. She is a lifelong Saints fan, a franchise-long Pelicans fan, and she spends every Friday night with spicy Chinese food and a horror film. You may reach her at
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Nick Judin began his career in journalism at the Jackson Free Press in 2019, coming on as State Reporter to cover the 2020 legislative session. That posting quickly gave way to a year leading the JFP’s COVID-19 coverage. Nick’s reports from the frontline of coronavirus have repeatedly made national headlines, as he has asked hard questions of state leadership and done critical interviews with the state’s top public-health experts. Email the Jackson, Miss., native at
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