AltWeeklies Wire
New York Times Honors Casey Parksnew
The JFP's assistant editor emeritus was chosen by Nick Kristof out of 3,800 applicants to travel with him to Africa -- here's an alternative journalist we can all be proud of.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
05-25-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Hands Off Our Printing Pressesnew
The Jackson Free Press continues its David and Goliath battle against Gannett's TDN.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
05-25-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Children of the Stormnew
The Children's Defense Fund aims to renew the Gulf Coast's children.
Jackson Free Press |
Natalie A. Collier |
05-18-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
No News is Gannett Newsnew
Gannett's scheme to drive indepedents in Jackson out of business continues.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
05-18-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Clarion-Ledger to Indies: Drop Dead!new
How far is Gannett Corp. willing to go to control the competition?
Jackson Free Press |
Todd Stauffer |
05-13-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
You Total Slantnew
Ali Greggs offers a media roundup and explains why it all makes her very, very tired.
Jackson Free Press |
Ali Greggs |
04-28-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
No Easy Fix, Dang Itnew
There are surgical, therapeutic and herbal remedies for the most modern of maladies -- Carpal Tunnel.
Jackson Free Press |
Deborah Noel |
04-20-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
A Family in Need of Closurenew
More than five years after a young Nebraska woman was brutally murdered in Mississippi, her mother wants answers -- and her body back.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
02-03-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Taking on the Timesnew
A New York Times article that described widespread abuse of hurricane relief in the Jackson, Miss., area drew strong criticism from state residents, among them Governor Haley Barbour.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
12-01-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Documentarian Tells the Untold Story of Emmett Louis Tillnew
Keith Beauchamp has produced a documentary that chronicles the events leading up to and after Emmett Louis Till’s murder. It is because of this documentary that the 1955 case was reopened last year.
Jackson Free Press |
Lea Thomas |
12-01-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
The Day That Emmett Diednew
It was Saturday night, Aug. 27, 1955, when a group of men in Mississippi beat, tortured and murdered 14-year-old Emmett Till for whistling at a white woman. Lea Thomas revisits the events of his last day.
Jackson Free Press |
Lea Thomas |
12-01-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Reconstructing Bay St. Louis: Answers, Pleasenew
Along the beach in Bay St. Louis, houses are nothing more than piles of rubble, and many streets remain impassable. Still, more than 300 citizens crowded into an open meeting in a battered church to discuss rebuilding their community.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
11-10-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
Blowin' in the Windnew
Gannett-owned Clarion Ledger continues to back President Bush and other elected officials, despite admitting large shortcomings, including illegal or dishonest actions.
Jackson Free Press |
Editorial Staff |
11-03-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Filtering Fiasconew
Sheila O'Flaherty is not a pervert, but she says the computers provided by the Jackson-Hinds library system block many of the sites she tries to access.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
11-03-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Bellsouth Looting Competitors?new
As hurricane victims in Biloxi, Miss., move to reassemble their lives, phone corporation Bellsouth moves in to dominate the area by bullying customers.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
11-03-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
