Mississippi Today wins awards for general excellence, COVID-19 coverage

Mississippi At present on Saturday gained awards for its investigative reporting, COVID-19 protection and normal excellence on the Mississippi Press Affiliation’s Higher Newspaper Contest.

That is the primary 12 months the Ridgeland-based on-line information publication competed within the contest.

Forty-four MPA member newsrooms submitted a complete of 1,981 entries within the 2021 editorial division contest. Judging was performed within the spring by volunteers from the South Carolina Press Affiliation.

Mississippi At present employees members Adam Ganucheau, Geoff Pender, Will Stribling, Kate Royals, Vickie King, Bobby Harrison, Sara DiNatale, Molly Minta and Nigel Dent gained the Invoice Minor Prize for Investigative Journalism for his or her protection of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Reporters and photographers lined varied sides of the pandemic as Delta ripped by means of Mississippi. Via wide-ranging, compelling studies on low vaccination charges, strains on hospitals, masking in faculties and the governor’s response to the pandemic, Mississippi At present served as a go-to supply for coronavirus information,” the announcement mentioned.

The information publication additionally gained third place for Basic Excellence.

Different award winners embrace:

Geoff Pender, 1st place Invoice Minor Prize for Basic Information Reporting, Sexual misconduct allegations led to MDA director John Rounsaville’s resignation

Adam Ganucheau, 1st place, Deliberate Collection, How Philip Gunn Modified the Flag

Kate Royals, 2nd place, Deliberate Collection, Underreported and Underpunished

Sara DiNatale, 2nd place Enterprise Information Story, A brand new hospital disaster: Mississippi will quickly lose lots of of state-funded nurses

Rick Cleveland, 2nd place, Sports activities Information Story, The Greenville Christian Dilemma: A terrific crew no person desires to play

Adam Ganucheau, 2nd place, Commentary Column

Geoff Pender, third place, Commentary Column

The entire listing of awards might be discovered right here.