My Head's in Mississippi (with Donna Ladd)

Prevail with Greg Olear

Greg Olear & MSW Media

News Commentary, News, Politics

5 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2021

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Mississippi Free Press has done some of the most impactful local journalism in the country. Greg Olear talks to Donna Ladd, co-founder of the Jackson Free Press and executive director and editor of MFP, about her remarkable origin story, racism in the Deep South vs. racism in the North, systemic sexism, the misogyny of the media, a new approach to journalism, Tate Reeves and the political landscape in Jackson, and the complexities of the Magnolia State. Plus: a web hosting company for monsters, by monsters. Donna on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DonnerKay Mississippi Free Press: https://www.mississippifreepress.org/ Donna’s piece about her mother, from The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/dec/20/despite-my-mamas-secret-shame-she-was-the-smartest-person-i-knew Donna on media misogyny, in DAME Magazine: https://www.damemagazine.com/2019/11/13/the-media-is-misogynistic-by-design/ Donate to MFP: https://formississippi.networkforgood.com/projects/87723-a-free-press-for-mississippi

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