Mississippi Today is pleased to announce an expansion of its newsroom and a series of leadership promotions, reflecting the nonprofit newsroom’s deepening commitment to providing public interest journalism in Mississippi.
The largest newsroom in the state, Mississippi Today will be home to at least 35 full-time journalists by the end of this summer. It will have five fully-staffed teams of editors and reporters covering health, justice, education, politics, and the city of Jackson. The newsroom’s reporters will also be supported by two photojournalists, a multimedia director and a new video team, which will put reporting in front of a broader audience.
“We’re proud to have the opportunity to grow our newsroom and do more of what we do best: provide the highest quality accountability, investigative journalism to Mississippians,” said Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today’s editor-in-chief. “As ever, we feel a deep responsibility to deliver the best reporting we can. Through strategic alignment of our newsroom’s talent, we know we can meet this moment.”
Among the leadership changes:
Kate Royals has been promoted to Managing Editor, where she will lead Mississippi Today’s editorial team leaders and newsroom-wide collaborations. Royals, one of the organization’s longest-serving journalists, built the newsroom’s Health Team from scratch and has led some of the newsroom’s most impactful reporting. Michael Guidry is our Editorial Director of Multimedia, a role in which he will focus on growing Mississippi Today’s audio storytelling. In this new role, Guidry will manage relationships with national newsroom partners, lead new editorial efforts across podcast and video platforms and be the point person for creative projects. Richard Lake is stepping into the new role of Video Editor, overseeing the launch of Mississippi Today’s first full video team. Lake’s work in vertical video has already helped the newsroom dramatically expand its audience and reach, and he will lead a new team focused on accelerating the output of our video content. Alyssa Bass returns to the Mississippi Today team to take over social media and newsletter strategy.. She will work closely with the Deep South Today team to continue growing the organization’s audience and impact, and deepening our relationship with readers. Mississippi Today is part of Deep South Today, a nonprofit network of local newsrooms that also includes Verite News in New Orleans.To support this growth, the newsroom is hiring for several new positions:
A Health Editor to lead the Health Team. A Video Producer to join the new video team. An Education Editor and an additional Education Reporter to form Mississippi Today’s new Education Team, which will include the newsroom’s two current education reporters.This strategic growth follows an unprecedented period of support and investment in the newsroom’s mission.
“Mississippi Today journalists show up everyday with passion, energy and dedication to serving Mississippians with top-notch reporting on the most important issues facing our state,” said Mary Margaret White, Mississippi Today’s CEO & Executive Director. “We are grateful to our readers and supporters who recognize the impact of our reporting and stand with us through their financial contributions to ensure a vibrant, growing press in Mississippi. It is an honor and privilege to continue serving our readers with this expansion, which is made possible only through the generous support of our community.”
For more information about open roles at Mississippi Today, visit mississippitoday.org/jobs.
To learn more about our entire staff, visit mississippitoday.org/staff.
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