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“Despite the sheer hate, panic and desperation from white politicians as they attack democracy in Jackson, I choose to hear the voices of my elders and build better on the foundations they left for me,” Azia Wiggins writes.
Deputy Editor Azia Wiggins and Publisher and Chief Revenue Officer Kimberly Griffin are helping lead a new, three-pronged approach to journalism in Mississippi and the United States: systemic reporting. Now, they’re both nominated for national nonprofit-news awards.
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.
We are unusual in Mississippi as women journalism leaders and visionaries when it comes to Mississippi’s potential, but it is our home, and we will fight for it. All of you have shown that you will, too.
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