Mississippi Today is pleased to announce that Maya Miller has joined the newsroom as a Jackson reporter.
Miller, who started in the newsroom in January, was the first reporter hired for Mississippi Today’s new Jackson team, which formally launched its coverage this week.
“As a lifelong Mississippian, I’m thrilled to be able to cover our state’s capital city and report on topics that are impactful to Jacksonian’s lives,” Miller said. “I’m excited to dive into issues of inequity and poverty, while also telling stories of community and Jackson’s immense potential.”
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Miller, a Florence native and alumna of Jackson State University, joins the staff from The Gulf States Newsroom, where she reported on reproductive health, poverty and Black communities across three states. Previously, she was the managing editor for The Lighthouse, covering racial inequity, and deputy news editor for the Jackson Free Press, where she covered the criminal justice beat.
Her work has been featured on NPR and in Scalawag Magazine, where she wrote a piece in 2023 about the loss of her grandmother and the inheritance of her home. She’s been awarded a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Hard News and a National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Award for her stories on Emmett Till and the Mississippi Delta.
“Maya is a classic storyteller. This reporting team and all Jacksonians are going to benefit enormously from her gifts. She has deep Mississippi roots and her commitment to home inspires me,” Jackson Editor Anna Wolfe said. “Simply put, I can’t wait to see what stories get brought to life only because she’s finding and telling them.”
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