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Ringing in the New Year is often an optimistic celebration for what may lie ahead. We reflect on all the previous year presented, acknowledging our
“It’s easy to take what we have for granted in our wonderfully diverse and inclusive team but conversations with my colleagues remind me not to do that because, well, not every newsroom has what the Mississippi Free Press has,” Kimberly Griffin writes.
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“I love getting national awards,” Kimberly Griffin writes. “Yet, there’s something special when fellow Mississippians honor you, and this one has a very special place in my heart.”Â
Publisher and Chief Revenue Officer Kimberly Griffin networked more after learning she is the 2022 Emerging News Leader of the year in the Institute for Nonprofit News Awards.
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.
“What we need is innovation in Mississippi journalism, not nostalgia for the way it used to be done (and for whom),” Mississippi Free Press editor and co-founder Donna Ladd writes.
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