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Type of site | Nonprofit online newsroom |
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| Available in | English |
| Headquarters | Ridgeland, Mississippi |
| Owner | Deep South Today |
| Founder(s) | Andrew Lack |
| Editor | Adam Ganucheau |
| CEO | Mary Margaret White |
| URL | mississippitoday |
| Launched | May 2016 |
| ISSN | 0746-2247 |
| OCLC number | 1080317596 |
Mississippi Today is a nonprofit online newsroom headquartered in Ridgeland, Mississippi. Launched in 2016, it was founded by former Netscape president Jim Barksdale and his wife Donna, alongside former NBC chairman Andrew Lack, to address the decline in local news coverage in Mississippi. Initially focused on state government and investigative journalism, the publication has since expanded its coverage to include topics such as criminal justice, health policy, higher education, the environment, and sports. Known for its commitment to watchdog journalism, Mississippi Today brands itself as a nonpartisan organization and adheres to the Society of Professional Journalists’ Code of Ethics.
The organization gained national recognition in 2022 for its investigative reporting on the Mississippi welfare funds scandal, a series of stories that earned reporter Anna Wolfe the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting in 2023. Mississippi Today has also been a finalist for the 2024 Pulitzer Prizes and received numerous other accolades for its work. Supported by grants from major foundations and individual donors, the newsroom collaborates with national and regional outlets such as ProPublica, the Associated Press, and the New York Times to contribute to its reporting. In 2023, Mississippi Today merged with the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting.