Donna Ladd |
Mar 16, 2016: Donna Ladd: Jackson Free Press: Trump’s Politically Correct Call for Bigotry, Hate
June 25, 2015: Jackson Free Press: The Rest of Our Race Story
While I worked on the film—at first wanting to prove those students wrong—I began to interview people that I would not have otherwise encountered, Jackson Free Press editor Donna Ladd among them. I honestly had never heard anyone talk so knowledgeably about Mississippi's history and the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow laws. It was challenging, to say the least, to have to listen to someone whose views and understandings were so different from mine.
While I worked on the film—at first wanting to prove those students wrong—I began to interview people that I would not have otherwise encountered, Jackson Free Press editor Donna Ladd among them. I honestly had never heard anyone talk so knowledgeably about Mississippi's history and the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow laws. It was challenging, to say the least, to have to listen to someone whose views and understandings were so different from mine.
May 27, 2015: Jackson Free Press: Congrats to Staff and Freelancers: It’s Award Season!
So, first of all, cheers to our staff and freelancers who got their names called this year. Donna Ladd and R.L. Nave lead a list of great contributors to these award-winning pieces, not the least of whom is former editor-turned-freelancer Ronni Mott, who once again helped lead the team for a first place in Public Service from SPJ for her coverage of the Michelle Byrom case.
So, first of all, cheers to our staff and freelancers who got their names called this year. Donna Ladd and R.L. Nave lead a list of great contributors to these award-winning pieces, not the least of whom is former editor-turned-freelancer Ronni Mott, who once again helped lead the team for a first place in Public Service from SPJ for her coverage of the Michelle Byrom case.
Feb 27, 2015: Jackson Free Press: Dr. Sunny Fridge
After the film, Beth Orlansky, advocacy director for the Mississippi Center for Justice, will moderate a panel discussion. Speakers for the panel include Dierdre Payne with the League of Women Voters of the Jackson Area; Donna Ladd, editor-in-chief of the Jackson Free Press; Robert Shaffer, president and secretary-treasurer of the Mississippi AFL-CIO; and Dr. Sunny Fridge, a former producer, reporter and anchor who has taught in the mass communications department at Jackson State University for 14 years.
After the film, Beth Orlansky, advocacy director for the Mississippi Center for Justice, will moderate a panel discussion. Speakers for the panel include Dierdre Payne with the League of Women Voters of the Jackson Area; Donna Ladd, editor-in-chief of the Jackson Free Press; Robert Shaffer, president and secretary-treasurer of the Mississippi AFL-CIO; and Dr. Sunny Fridge, a former producer, reporter and anchor who has taught in the mass communications department at Jackson State University for 14 years.
May 16, 2012: Donna Ladd: Jackson Free Press: Boys Will Be Boys
Donna K. Ladd (born October 9, 1961) is an American investigative journalist who co-founded the Jackson Free Press, a community magazine, and later, the Mississippi Free Press, an online news publication that emphasizes solutions journalism where Ladd currently serves as editor. She is noted for highlighting the historical and continuing role of race in current events, for investigative reporting that helped convict klansman James Ford Seale for his role in the 1964 civil rights kidnappings and deaths of Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore, and for her coverage of Frank Melton, the controversial mayor of Jackson, Mississippi. (Wikipedia)
Ladd publishes long-form features in The Guardian related to racism, whiteness and criminal justice. She and her journalism have been covered in Glamour and Reason magazines, Next Tribe, CNN, NPR, CBC, CBS Radio, the BBC, al Jazeera, among other outlets. In 2017, Southern Living magazine named her as one of the “Innovators Changing the South.”
Ladd publishes long-form features in The Guardian related to racism, whiteness and criminal justice. She and her journalism have been covered in Glamour and Reason magazines, Next Tribe, CNN, NPR, CBC, CBS Radio, the BBC, al Jazeera, among other outlets. In 2017, Southern Living magazine named her as one of the “Innovators Changing the South.”