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Eclipse Offers Educational Opportunity For Jackson Public School Students
Jackson Public School students were among those across the country who witnessed the partial solar eclipse.Â
Torsheta Jackson
April 9, 2024
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Jackson Public School students were among those across the country who witnessed the partial solar eclipse.Â
Nate Schumann reflects on his entry into the news industry and shows appreciation for having a job that has helped him grow while growing alongside him.
I spent part of this week at the Local News Summit in Charleston, S.C., which the Lenfest Institute and Aspen Institute convene for a small
Donna Ladd breaks down newsroom issues she believes set many other emerging journalism outlets across the U.S. apart from those preceding them.
“I can’t tell you how many white people, many of them young, have walked up to me at a restaurant or a grocery store and said: ‘Thank you. I was taught the Civil War wasn’t about slavery,” Editor Donna Ladd writes, explaining why her Mississippi newsrooms have reported difficult historic context for over two decades.
Donna Ladd writes that the Mississippi Free Press’s staff has been key in creating rapid growth in revenue and staff since its March 2020 launch.
“We want to help inspire our communities to talk to each other in person whenever possible,” Donna Ladd writes.
With support of the American Press Institute, the Mississippi Free Press is about to launch three physical solution circles over the next three months in three counties in our state focused on bringing people together in conversation across divides and beyond partisanship to talk about community concerns and potential solutions.
“We were far luckier than some in our world because capital-area folks still liked the feel of newsprint in their hands, so the decline in print revenue was slower, giving us time to plan our next act,” Kimberly Griffin writes.
Mississippi Journalism and Education Group is a a 501(c)(3) nonprofit media organization (EIN 85-1403937) for the state, devoted to going beyond partisanship and publishing solutions journalism for the Magnolia State and all of its people.
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