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Courtesy John Ingram

Name: John Ingram

Location: Que Sera Sera patio

Age: 32

Occupation: Bar Manager and Assistant Manager at Parlor Market

Best Part of Job: “Getting to know my clientele on a personal level and also getting to experiment in coming up with new cocktails.”

Lived in Jackson how long: “Most of my life except for college (Mississippi State, and I did the six-year plan).”

Reader of the JFP how long: “As long as I can remember. I guess ever since I moved back from college.”

Last book read: “Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails” by Ted Haigh

Favorite quotation: “Rock it Out!”—Craig Noone

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.