Microsoft selects MCIR for program to preserve journalism

The Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting will be part of Microsoft’s new pilot program, aimed at preserving local journalism.

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Veteran journalist joins MCIR to tell the stories of domestic violence against some of Mississippi’s most vulnerable mothers and children

Ann Marie Cunningham, a veteran journalist/producer and author of a best-seller, is joining the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting as one Columbia University’s 2020 Lipman Fellows.

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MCIR scores Pulitzer grant for pandemic coverage

The Pulitzer Center, the largest single funder of enterprise reporting in the United States, has awarded the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting a grant to explore the effects of the coronavirus on impoverished communities in the state.

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MCIR hosts journalists who kick ass

In keeping with its tradition of hard-hitting reporting that shines a light on truth, MCIR is sponsoring a Zoom call July 15 with a number of journalists who have exposed corruption and intrigue and held government officials accountable.

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