Donna Ladd
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Editor-in-chief & CEO:
Jackson Free Press
Donna Ladd is a native
Mississippian who graduated
from Mississippi State, then left
the state for 18 years. While she
was gone, she worked as a club
DJ in five states, published her
own crappy-but-determined little
newspaper in Manhattan's East
Village, helped start the Colorado
Springs Independent as its first
editor, wrote for the Village Voice
about politics and technology,
and attended the mid-career
program at the Columbia
Graduate School of Journalism.
Her homing device went off when
she turned 40 and, much to her
surprise, she hightailed it back to
Mississippi in 2001, with her
partner Todd Stauffer (a Texan
she met in Colorado Springs) in
tow. Back in Mississippi, she
decided to do what she had
sworn on a stack of gender-
inspecific Bibles that she'd never
do again, much less in her native
Bible Belt: help start a newspaper.
The Jackson Free Press was born
on what would have been her
mama's 78th birthday, and
although life has certainly been
more relaxed and carefree, it has
never been better. (Photo by Kate Medley)
AltWeekly Awards
2011
Public Service,
Honorable Mention
(Circulation Below 50000)
by Ronni Mott, Lacey McLaughlin, Donna Ladd, Kamikaze, Casey Purvis and Sophie McNeil
2010
Public Service,
2nd Place
(Circulation Below 50000)
by Adam Lynch, Ward Schaefer, Todd Stauffer and Donna Ladd
2008
Public Service,
1st Place
(Circulation Below 55000)
by Donna Ladd, Kate Medley and Matt Saldana
2007
Investigative Reporting,
2nd Place
(Circulation Below 55000)
by Brian Johnson, Donna Ladd and Adam Lynch
In the News
Jackson Free Press Editor Donna Ladd Named Kellogg Community Leadership Network Fellownew
W.K. Kellogg Foundation |
5-14-2014 04:00 pm |
Honors & Achievements
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Jackson Free Press Editor Donna Ladd Receives Fannie Lou Hamer Award
Fannie Lou Hamer National Institute on Citizenship and Democracy |
4-18-2011 08:12 am |
Press Releases
JFP Wins 3 First-Place Reporting Awards, Second for 'Two Lakes' Work
Jackson Free Press |
10-05-2010 03:55 pm |
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