Jim Prince, editor and publisher of The Neshoba Democrat and president of Prince Newspaper Holdings, has been named by Governor Haley Barbour to a commission overseeing a new state civil rights museum…Commercial Dispatch reporter Joey Vaughn has been named assistant city editor of the Columbus afternoon daily…The second editon of the Greenwood Commonwealth’s annual Leflore Illustrated has hit the streets.
We’re a little behind the curve on this one: The Clarion-Ledger, under the direction of new business editor Kevin Richardson, has increased local business coverage while cutting back on some other features, including the full stock report. The C-L reported it will now only include stocks of local interest and directed readers to its Website for the full report.
Ramblings and rumblings from Mississippi writers of late…
Patsy Brumfield of the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal in Tupelo: “It seems some members of our City Council have been meeting in private to talk about, well who knows what — no one from the public was there to know.”
Mark Thornton, editor of The Star-Herald in Kosciusko: “Would you want to know about a rash of burglaries in your neighborhood? Or a series of purse-snatchings at a local shopping center? Or a rapist stalking a certain area of your city? Of course you would.”
Tim Kalich, editor of The Greenwood Commonwealth: “It was a terrific letter, just the kind that drives up the readership of (the editorial) page. It was about a controversial local subject, written by a local person. The writer was taking a potentially unpopular stand, and she was speaking with conviction…It was a good letter. It was, unfortunately, also a dishonest one.”
Charlie Mitchell, managing editor of The Vicksburg Post: “Whenever I get ready to return to Vicksburg from anyplace north of Memphis, I often say something like, ‘I need to get back to a place where people don’t have accents.’ That quip isn’t particularly funny, but may help make a point about a topic close to my heart: media bias.’
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