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Jasmine Key (left) and Nicholas Wade (right) Trip Burns

Names: Jasmine Key, Nicholas Wade and a baby on the way.

Location: Fondren

JFP readers since:

Jasmine: A solid two years.”

Nicholas: “Since the beginning.”

Occupation:

Jasmine: Student at JSU (Chemistry major, senior)

Nicholas: Factory production tech at Armstrong

Last Book read:

Jasmine: “The Soulkeepers” by G.P. Ching

Nicholas: “Caveman’s Guide to Baby’s First Year: Early Fatherhood for the Modern Hunter-Gatherer” by David Port, John Ralston and Brian M. Ralston, illustrated by Gideon Kendall

Favorite thing about JXN:

Jasmine: Live music.

Nicholas: The Northside

Favorite quote: “If practice makes perfect, and nobody’s perfect, I wish people would make up their minds.”—Jasmine

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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.