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Jerry Mitchell
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Jerry Mitchell

Jerry Mitchell Biography

Jerry Mitchell has been a reporter in Mississippi since 1986. A winner of more than 30 national awards, Mitchell is the founder of the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting. The nonprofit is continuing his work of exposing injustices and raising up a new generation of investigative reporters.



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  • Emma Copley Eisenberg

    Emma Copley Eisenberg

    Emma Copley Eisenberg is a queer writer of fiction and nonfiction. Her first book, The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia, was named a New York Times Notable Book and was nominated for an Edgar... (more)

    If you enjoyed:
    Race Against Time

    Try:
    The Third Rainbow Girl
    by Emma Copley Eisenberg

  • David Grann

    David Grann

    David Grann is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z. Killers of the Flower Moon was a finalist for the National Book Award and won an Edgar Allan Poe Award. He is ... (more)

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    Race Against Time

    Try:
    Killers of the Flower Moon
    by David Grann

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