Abbott profiled prior to Hall of Fame induction
The ink stains are barely off Jim Abbott’s hands, and the Greenwood native is already going into the Mississippi Press Association Hall of Fame.
“Looking back, I think we did a decent job of giving Sunflower County a good newspaper,” Abbott said. “I know it’s a cliché, but it really was a labor of love. I’ve always enjoyed reporting the news.”
Abbott, 64, former publisher and editor of the Indianola Enterprise-Tocsin, will be inducted June 19 at the Beau Rivage Resort in Biloxi by John Howell, publisher of The Panolian, a twice weekly newspaper in Batesville.