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Yay! JFP #BestofJackson team just chose the 2013 theme. It’s a secret, but here’s hint: “It’s black and white and red all over.” Guesses?

Vince Rogers: A penguin being eaten by a polar bear?

Cindy Hornsby: A skunk with a diaper rash!!

Cindy Hornsby: A sunburned zebra!

Cindy Hornsby: It couldn’t be a vampire having a snack, right?

Cindy Hornsby: A nun falling down the stairs! An embarrassed penguin! I’ve got to stop this. I’ll be here all day.

Patricia Bullock Williams: Newspapers… But they are no longer read all over … Lol ( JFP excluded of course!)

@AndiAgnew: Sunburned Penguin?

@MemphizAce: CHS Warriors

Look for the Best of Jackson ballot in next week’s issue, and keep the guesses coming on the party theme. It will be revealed in January!

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.