Mississippi Today editor wins top commentary award, staff take home 13 other Mississippi Press Association prizes ...Middle East

Mississippi Today Editor-in-Chief Adam Ganucheau won the J. Oliver Emmerich Award for Editorial Excellence, and several of the newsroom’s journalists won 13 other 2024 Mississippi Press Association prizes.

The honors, awarded annually by the state’s print news association, recognize the best journalism of Mississippi’s newspapers and digital newsrooms. The 2024 prizes were announced at a Saturday luncheon in Memphis at the Tri-State Press Convention, where Mississippi’s press association joined the Tennessee and Arkansas press associations for three days of programming.

A series of Ganucheau’s 2024 editorials on the debate to expand Medicaid in Mississippi were singled out by judges as “thoughtful, accurate, and passionate.”

“If you’re not motivated to vote for Medicaid expansion by the end of each of these submissions, you haven’t read them carefully,” the judges commented. “That’s what great opinion writing should do: Take a position and argue it persuasively. Here, we get the details, the reporting and insider knowledge that provide credence to the proffered opinion … The arguments here are so well laid out and convincing that it’s hard to imagine anyone would dissent.”

Several other Mississippi Today journalists took home 2024 Mississippi Press Association awards. Below is a complete list of the winners, the awards they won and the recognized work:

Anna Wolfe, first place in the general news story category for her in-depth reporting on the Jackson mayor and Hinds County district attorney’s federal indictments.

Rick Cleveland, first place in the sports column category for a series of powerful columns over the course of 2024. Read the winning series here: Column 1, Column 2, Column 3.

Cleveland, first place in the game story category for his coverage of Dot Burrow’s induction into the National High School Sports Hall of Fame.

Bobby Harrison, first place in the commentary category for a series of columns over the course of 2024. Read the winning series here: Column 1, Column 2, Column 3. 

In addition to the Emmerich award, Ganucheau won first place in the editorials category for a series of editorials about the debate over Medicaid expansion in the 2024 legislative session. Read the winning series here: Editorial 1, Editorial 2, Editorial 3.

Alex Rozier, first place in the headline category for his story headlined, “Curdled creek: Kosciusko residents sour over town’s milky lagoon.” 

Wolfe, second place in the spot news category for her breaking story about Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba’s federal indictment.

Isabelle Taft, second place in the in-depth/investigative category for her “Committed to Jail” series.

Molly Minta, second place in the business news category for her coverage of Mississippi community colleges’ struggle to fund buildings for state workforce programs.

Cleveland, second place in the sports feature category for an insightful piece on baseball player Hughie Critz.

Geoff Pender, second place in the commentary category for a series of columns over the course of 2024. Read the winning series here: Column 1, Column 2, Column 3. 

Pender and Taylor Vance, third place in the in-depth/investigative category for their “Trey Way” series about state Rep. Trey Lamar.

Sophia Paffenroth, third place in the best news package category for her investigation of the epidemic of antipsychotic drug use in Mississippi nursing homes.

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