OXFORD, Miss. – The Society of Professional Journalists plans to celebrate the history of journalism at the University of Mississippi by naming the Ole Miss campus a national historic site in journalism. Former “CBS Evening News” anchor Dan Rather, who reports for HDNet, and Jerry Mitchell, an investigative reporter for The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, areRead the story …

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Faculty News Jeanni Atkins, Ph.D., associate professor, organized a Journalism Week panel on Freedom of Information moderated by Anita Lee, Mississippi Center for Freedom of Information president and Sun Herald staff writer. Panelists included Stan Tiner, executive editor of The Sun Herald; Leonard Van Slyke of Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis; David Hampton, editorial director ofRead the story …