“I now realize my superpower and know that ‘It’ was me all along. It’s my journey, my unique experiences and perspective that only I can master and then offer up,” MFP Voices Editor Azia Wiggins writes.
“We, as journalists at the Mississippi Free Press, will continue to focus on pursuing the truth and reporting the facts as we find them—not as partisans wish we would report them. That is our job,” News Editor Ashton Pittman writes.
Deputy Editor Azia Wiggins expresses her thoughts on being a leader and the necessity of difficulty along the journey. “In the trenches is where leaders can show themselves approved simply because you didn’t shy away from the fight. That fight, that uncomfortability as you grow to deal with devils on new levels, is the foundation of excellence,” she writes.
Deputy Editor Azia Wiggins writes about her vision for MFP Voices, expressing that conflict stirred between Mississippians because of our differences are meant to be resolved, and will position our state for progress. “I’m not interested in being right, or first, or the loudest. I’m interested in curating substantive dialogue representative of everyone in the Magnolia State,” she writes.
“With her years of teaching experience (19 as of now), her brilliance, her curiosity, her wit and her stunning work ethic, I knew Torsheta Jackson was the kind of reporter Mississippi, and America, needs and deserves covering education,” Donna Ladd writes.
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