Remember Tang Hamilton, the standout basketball player for Mississippi State and Lanier High? He’s still playing basketball, working on getting back to the NBA by playing for Columbus, Ga., in the NBDL. He was named the developmental league’s player of the month for December after scoring in double figures in 10 of 11 games. And speaking of whatever happened to, Columbus is coached by another former Mississippi State star who went on to NBA glory: Jeff Malone.
Mississippi native Donna Ladd and partner Todd Stauffer founded the Jackson Free Press in 2002 in the capital city. The heavily awarded local newspaper did many investigations heralded across the state and nation and served as a paper of record due to its diversity, inclusion, in-depth reporting and deep connection to readers and dedication to narrative change in and about Mississippi. In 2022, the nonprofit Mississippi Free Press, founded by Ladd and JFP Associate Publisher Kimberly Griffin in 2020, purchased the journalism assets and archives of the Jackson Free Press. A Google grant through AAN Publishers enabled Newspack's integration of the JFP archives into the Mississippi Free Press website to become part of a more searchable archive of recent Mississippi history and essential journalism.
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