MCIR IMMERSION PROGRAM

Investigative reporting is more than a profession — it’s a calling.

For that reason, the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting created the Immersion Program, which teaches, trains and inspires the next generation of investigative reporters. Working across all media platforms with some of the world’s top investigative reporters and editors, students admitted to the program learn more than just the tools of the trade — they are immersed in investigative reporting that makes a difference.

Students work virtually or in person at the MCIR newsroom on the Millsaps College campus, less than two miles from the Mississippi State Capitol, in fall, spring or summer sessions.

In just three years, the Immersion Program has attracted students from the graduate schools of journalism at the University of California at Berkeley, Columbia University and the University of Missouri, from HBCUs Alcorn State University and Tougaloo College, and other colleges and universities across the U.S., including University of Alabama, Arizona State University, Barnard College, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Central Florida, LSU, Middlebury College, Millsaps College, College of Wooster and Yale University. Immersion students have gone on to professional positions with TV stations, newspapers and public policy institutes.

With support from the Gates Foundation, the Gruber Family Foundation, the Pulitzer Center, the Fund for Investigative Journalism, Microsoft, the Community Foundation for Mississippi, Southpoint Capital and other generous funders, MCIR’s Immersion Program plays a critical role in providing the investigative reporting that Mississippi — and our nation — desperately need.