Hall of Fame nominations accepted
Nominations for the MPA Hall of Fame are now being accepted. The honor is awarded annually to a single journalist who made his or her reputation in Mississippi, or who is a native Mississippian with distinguished career nationally or abroad.
Deadline for nominations is April 1, 2008.
The honoree, who may be living or deceased, is recognized during MPA’s annual convention, this year set for June 26-28 at the Beau Rivage Resort in Biloxi. Recent honorees have included Ruby Del Harden (2007), longtime publisher of the Itawamba County Times; the late Dan Phillips, former co-publisher of The Oxford Eagle; and Stanley Dearman (2005), former publisher of The Neshoba Democrat and Mildred Dearman (2005), longtime executive editor of The Carthaginian.