Mississippi Today

Mississippi Today is a nonprofit news organization based in Ridgeland, Mississippi. It was founded in 2016 by former NBC chairman Andrew Lack.[1] [2] It is focused on watchdog journalism related to Mississippi's state and local government, economy, environment, public schools and universities, and criminal justice system.[3]

Mississippi Today
Type of site
Nonprofit
Available inEnglish
HeadquartersRidgeland, Mississippi
OwnerMississippi News and Information Corporation
Founder(s)Andrew Lack
EditorAdam Ganucheau
CEOMary Margaret White
URLmississippitoday.org
LaunchedOctober 2014 (2014-10)

Overview

Mississippi Today started publishing in 2016.[4] It is supported by grants from foundations, including the Knight Foundation and the Ford Foundation, the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics at the University of Mississippi, and via tax deductible contributions from donors such as Jim Barksdale, Archie Manning, and former Mississippi governors Haley Barbour and William Winter.[5] It is owned by Deep South Today (formerly Mississippi News and Information Corporation), a nonprofit organization that was incorporated in 2014.

Personnel

Current staff includes editor-in-chief Adam Ganucheau, a former reporter at the Clarion-Ledger, and CEO Mary Margaret White.[6] The nonprofit newsroom's columnists include sports writer Rick Cleveland and cartoonist Marshall Ramsey.

Awards

Mississippi Today has won awards for its journalism from the Mississippi Press Association, the Online Journalism Awards, and the Sidney Award from the Hillman Foundation in both 2020 and 2022.[7][8][9] Mississippi Today investigative reporter Anna Wolfe won a 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting for their investigation of the Mississippi welfare funds scandal.[10][11]

References
  1. Press, David Bauder • Associated. "NBC News chairman an unexpected figure behind nonprofit Mississippi news organization". STLtoday.com. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  2. "Mississippi Today". American Journalism Project. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
  3. "About Us". Mississippi Today. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
  4. "Mississippi Today, backed by an NBC exec, aims to be the Texas Tribune of its undercovered state". Nieman Lab. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
  5. "Who Funds Us?". Mississippi Today. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
  6. "Our Staff". Mississippi Today. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
  7. "News organizations, journalists honored for editorial excellence". Mississippi Press Association. 2022-06-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "Mississippi Today Award-Winning Work". Online Journalism Awards. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
  9. "Wolfe & Liu win February Sidney for Exposing Mississippi's Modern Day Debtors Prisons". Hillman Foundation. 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
  10. Today, Mississippi (2023-05-08). "Anna Wolfe and Mississippi Today win Pulitzer Prize for "The Backchannel" investigation". Mississippi Today. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  11. www.pulitzer.org https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/%7B%7Bglobal.pageCanocialUrl%7D%7D. Retrieved 2023-05-08. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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