The attorney for the Claiborne County Board of Supervisors, responding to a public records request from The Vicksburg Post, said Friday that documents related to the county’s phone system purchase will be made available, but more time is needed.
The documentary “Pressing On,” which profiles the five Gulf Coast newspapers’ efforts to cover Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath, will air Jan. 18 at 8 p.m. on Mississippi Public Broadcasting. The program was produced by Ralph Braseth, director of the Student Media Center at Ole Miss, and journalism student Brandon Ross.
Meridian native Robert Naylor Jr. will be the keynote speaker during a commemorative program at Meridian Community College honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Naylor, who once worked for The Meridian Star, is director of career development for the Global News division of The Associated Press, based in New York.00000
Chancery Judge Percy Lynchard’s comments to the DeSoto Times Today that the state of Tennessee faced “one hell of a fight” if it came to Mississippi to try to seize assets of the multimillion dollar Maddox Foundation have gotten him removed from the case.
Lovell Beaulieu, Opinion Page Editor of The Hattiesburg American, on going back to the future and seeking out community columnists: “The 54 people I’m talking about are those who’ve submitted sample essays to be community columnists for the Hattiesburg American. They all responded to our recent call looking for community columnists, and they did it in style. They want to write about things that matter to them and others.”
Courtesy of the AP via The Sun Herald, an Editorial Roundup of Mississippi opinion writers musings…
Lloyd Gray, editor of the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, on revisiting his 2006 wish list…
Clarion-Ledger Business Editor Kevin Richardson introduces himself…
The Clarion-Ledger, Mississippi Link and the City of Jackson are going ’round again in this new year over municipal public notice advertising. The two papers bid the same, but the city council rejected them and will re-advertise. Council prez Ben Allen says the bids were suspect since they were the same. And Mayor Frank Melton just doesn’t “feel comfortable doing business with people who are ugly to the city.”
Nanette Laster, a one-time intern and reporter for the Daily Star in Grenada, has returned to the afternoon paper as managing editor. She spent 15 years as managing editor of the Daily Leader in Brookhaven…Debbie Best, longtime advertising manager at the McComb Enterprise-Journal, is leaving the paper at the end of the month and renewing her real estate license. She told us this week she’ll be working through a local agency there soon…Nikki Davis Maute looks forward to retirement and back on many good times and 20 years as a reporter at the Hattiesburg American.
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