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Primer: Can Nonprofit Newsrooms Save the South?
In today’s news landscape, national and international stories often overshadow the issues that profoundly impact our local communities. However, through investigative reporting and comprehensive state-focused projects nonprofit news organizations...
Alexander Norris
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September 20, 2023
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Around the South
History provides the recipe for Democrats in Mississippi
Charles Mitchell
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September 18, 2023
When an election approaches, a lot of focus is on polls. A bit should be on history. In Mississippi,...
Center News
OC announces fall programming
Staff Report
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September 14, 2023
The Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics is proud to announce an exciting lineup of on-campus events...
Center News
Leslie Westbrook’s Gift Elevates Overby Center Graduate Assistants
Alexander Norris
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September 5, 2023
OXFORD, MS – Thanks to a substantial financial gift from Leslie M. Westbrook, the Overby Center for Southern...
Around the South
Trying To Live the Truth in a Polarized Society
Special Report
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August 28, 2023
By John Perkins (The Rev. John Perkins, a Bible teacher, author and community developer, celebrated his 93rd birthday last...
Center News
CENTER NEWS
Leslie Westbrook’s Gift Elevates Overby Center Graduate Assistants
Alexander Norris
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September 5, 2023
OXFORD, MS – Thanks to a substantial financial gift...
Tony Pederson named senior national fellow at OC
RJ Morgan
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July 11, 2023
Tony Pederson, a career journalist, editor and professor of...
WELLS: Willie Morris and Ole Miss, 1980-90
RJ Morgan
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May 9, 2023
Willie Morris at his work table at 16 Faculty...
ROSE: “The Case That Never Died”
Bill Rose
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May 9, 2023
By Bill Rose When I saw headlines announcing the death...
Around the South
AROUND THE SOUTH
George McElroy made history by believing in the power of journalism
Tony Pederson
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August 15, 2023
Among longtime journalists in Houston, there are two main...
Ibargüen receives AEJMC’s Presidential Award
Staff Report
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August 12, 2023
On August 7, 2023, 1,500 members of the Association...
An interview with UM Alum Karen Hinton
Staff Report
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May 25, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfWnhgQvLjU&feature=youtu.be Mississippi native Karen Hinton is a nationally-recognized media professional...
A journalism lion roars no more
Bill Rose
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June 23, 2023
(Note: Bill Rose worked for Hodding Carter’s Delta Democrat-Times...
