Ross Reily has been the Editor of the Mississippi Business Journal since October of 2008.
He filled the opening created when Jim Laird, longtime head of the Business Journal’s newsgathering efforts, joined the Division of Finance and Administration at Mississippi State University.
Reily was previously in Greenville, where he was editor of the Pulitzer Prize winning Delta Democrat Times for three years.
Prior to that, he held news management roles at The Sun-Herald in Biloxi and the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal in Tupelo. He has also worked at the Jackson (Tenn.) Sun. His work has been cited for excellence by the Mississippi Press Association and The Associated Press. In 1998, he was named baseball writer of the year by the Southern League for his coverage of the Double-A West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx.
A native of Cleveland, Reily graduated from Delta State University and has been active in community leadership roles throughout his career, serving on boards for the Washington County Chamber of Commerce, the Greenville YMCA, the alumni association and journalism department at Delta State and the Main Street Methodist Church in Bay St. Louis.
Reily is married to the former Sarah Catherine Dill of West Point. They have three children, Sarah Parker (5), Samuel Wilkerson (3) and Margaret Louise (2 months).
Reily can be reached at 601-364-1018 or ross.reily@msbusiness.com
