To paraphrase what Mark Twain once famously said upon reading the news of his demise: the news of newspapers’ death has been greatly exaggerated. In fact, Mississippi’s newspapers are generally doing quite well, thank you.  Recently, I had the opportunity to meet with several folks who are in the know about Mississippi newspapers.  Layne Bruce is the executive director of ...

Veteran journalist Bill Rose has been named a senior fellow at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics at the University of Mississippi. Rose was managing editor of the Palm Beach Post and a longtime reporter and editor at the Miami Herald. He was editor of Tropic, the Herald’s Sunday magazine, as well as national editor and deputy city ...