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Deep South Today
Nonprofit, nonpartisan local newsrooms in Louisiana and Mississippi serving communities with the information they need.
About Deep South Today
Deep South Today is a nonprofit hub of local newsrooms that includes Mississippi Today and Verite News. Founded in 2016, Mississippi Today is now one of the largest newsrooms in the state, and in 2023 it won the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting. Verite News launched in 2022 in New Orleans, where it covers inequities facing communities of color. With its regional scale and scope, Deep South Today is rebuilding and re-energizing local journalism in communities where it had previously eroded, and ensuring its long-term growth and sustainability.
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Presence & Recognition
Deep South Today invited Warwick Sabin to join Scott M. Curran on the Better Good podcast to discuss local journalism and rebuilding it in communities.
Reported by Warwick Sabin
Presence & Recognition
Deep South Today shared the impact and importance of its work with the Ford Foundation.
Reported by Warwick Sabin
Presence & Recognition
Deep South Today collaborated with Mississippi Today and Verite News New Orleans journalists to unearth evidence of systemic racism among law enforcement in a Mississippi town where a police officer killed a 1-year-old child.
Reported by Warwick Sabin