James E. “Jim” Prince III, a veteran newspaper journalist, has been elected president of the Mississippi Press Association and Mississippi Press Services Inc. Prince, who was first elected to the MPA-MPS board of directors in 2004, will serve a one-year term as president of the state newspaper association and its subsidiary advertising services division. He [...] [...]
Mississippi Business Journal claimed the General Excellence award for weekly newspapers this year, capping off a strong showing at the 145th Mississippi Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. The staff won awards spanning all aspects of creating a newspaper, from best Editorial Page and website to overall design, news, photography and business writing. The staff also [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
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