Mississippi Today

Founded in 2016 as a statehouse watchdog, Mississippi Today began with a focus on Capitol coverage and has since expanded into one of the most comprehensive newsrooms in the state. Today our reporting spans politics, education, public health, justice, the environment, equity — and even sports — with every story grounded in the belief that free, nonpartisan journalism is the antidote to apathy and the cornerstone of accountability.

Backed by a team of the state’s leading journalists, business minds, and innovators, Mississippi Today has earned national recognition from the Institute for Nonprofit News, the American Journalism Project, the Knight Media Fund, and the Online News Association as a model of newsroom innovation and public service journalism.

Now the largest nonprofit newsroom in Mississippi, Mississippi Today is the state’s flagship source for independent news — informing communities, holding power to account, and meeting the information needs of Mississippians across the state.