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Kayode Crown and Ashton Pittman

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

by Donna Ladd January 2, 2023February 27, 2025

Mississippi Free Press Editor & CEO Donna Ladd announces the promotion of Ashton Pittman to news editor and Kayode Crown to senior reporter.

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

Graphic of 16 diverse team members winning awards

Staff

Kayode Crown Named ‘Journalist of the Year’ As MFP Wins 8 First-Place Diamond Awards

by Donna Ladd June 30, 2022July 9, 2024

Pastoral Scenes of a Gallant South: Lynching Victims Finally Memorialized in Oxford

by Grace Marion April 26, 2022June 11, 2024

Editor’s Note | A New ‘Sheriff’ Is Reporting Unconscionable, Bipartisan Jail Practices in Mississippi

by Donna Ladd January 18, 2022February 16, 2026

Jefferson Comprehensive Health Center’s mobile unit team with the Sheriff

Editor’s Note | Stop the Presses: Nation Notices Excellence in Mississippi

by Donna Ladd December 13, 2021February 16, 2026