Mitchell returning to Ole Miss

Charlie Mitchell, longtime executive editor of The Vicksburg Post and a past president of the Mississippi Press Association, has been named assistant dean of the Meek School of Journalism and New Media at Ole Miss.

Mitchell will begin his new duties on campus Aug. 19, according to an announcement made by Dean Will Norton.

He has nearly 35 years of experience as a working journalist. He joined The Vicksburg Post in 1975 as a reporter. He previously was an instructor in journalism at Ole Miss, returning to Vicksburg in 1986 to assume his current position.

Mitchell earned his bachelor’s degree from Mississippi State and his law degree from Ole Miss.

Executives at the Post said no decision has been made on a successor for the top editor’s post at the daily newspaper.