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Editor’s Note | Happy Birthday, MFP: Celebrating Four Years of Serving the Magnolia State

by Nate Schumann March 22, 2024June 11, 2024

Deputy Editor Nate Schumann wishes the Mississippi Free Press a happy fourth “birthday” and thanks the nonprofit’s readership for its support.

Izzy Award 2023

Staff

Mississippi Free Press Receives National Izzy Award Named for Famed Journalist I.F. Stone

by MFP Staff May 8, 2023February 27, 2025

Kimberly Griffin and Ashton Pittman in a side by side photo

Staff

Two MFP Leaders Draw Awards for Business, Journalism Leadership

by Shaye Smith February 24, 2023July 9, 2024

Kayode Crown and Ashton Pittman

Staff

Two Remarkable Leaders: Meet MFP’s News Editor Ashton Pittman and Senior Reporter Kayode Crown

by Donna Ladd January 2, 2023February 27, 2025

Ellen Ann Fentress

Ellen Ann Fentress Discusses Segregation Academies, School Inequity on MFP Live

by Shaye Smith July 25, 2022June 12, 2024

Philip Gunn speaks at a podium with three white men behind him

How Speaker Philip Gunn’s Remarks on 12-Year-Olds, Incest and Pregnancy Went Viral

by Donna Ladd July 6, 2022June 12, 2024

The six starting members of Mississippi Free Press

Of Truth and Transformation: Mississippi Is Our Home, and We Are Fighting For It

by Donna Ladd November 30, 2020June 12, 2024

Editor’s Note | The Decisions, Process, Motives Behind Ashton Pittman’s Series on UM Emails

by Donna Ladd August 10, 2020February 16, 2026