Mississippi Business Journal » pulitzer prize http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Former editor dies http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/08/former-editor-dies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=former-editor-dies http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/08/former-editor-dies/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:51:42 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=69441 Former Houston Chronicle night editor Lee Cearnal, who oversaw a Pulitzer Prize-winning project while with The Clarion-Ledger in Mississippi, has died in Houston. He was 68. Cearnal worked at several newspapers during his long career in journalism, including a stint at The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson and another in Monroe, La., before he landed a job [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/15/new-novel-by-morrison-wrings-out-every-emotion/feed/ 0 Gulfport native appointed 19th U.S. poet laureate http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/17/gulfport-native-appointed-19th-u-s-poet-laureate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gulfport-native-appointed-19th-u-s-poet-laureate http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/17/gulfport-native-appointed-19th-u-s-poet-laureate/#comments Sun, 17 Jun 2012 06:00:16 +0000 Lynn Lofton http://msbusiness.com/?p=58636 Mississippians continue to excel in arts and letters. The appointment of Natasha Trethewey as the 19th U.S. poet laureate is another reason for us to be proud of the state’s rich literary legacy; made sweeter because it’s not confined to the past but is a current and ongoing tradition. She will begin her duties in [...]

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