Central Mississippi Tea Party member Kim Wade talks with JFP reporter R.L. Nave.
Mark Mayfield and Janis Lane talk with JFP reporter R.L. Nave. This photo is Copyright Jackson Free Press. Any use without express permission is a copyright violation.
Janis Lane, president of the Central Mississippi Tea Party, chats with JFP reporter R.L. Nave. This photo is Copyright Jackson Free Press. Any use without express permission is a copyright violation.
Tea Party members Mark Mayfield and Janis Lane explain their politics to JFP reporter R.L. Nave. This photo is Copyright Jackson Free Press. Any use without express permission is a copyright violation.

Kim Wade, Janis Lane, and Mark Mayfield sit down and chat with JFP reporter R.L. Nave.

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.