Michael J. Fox to Play Newscaster with Parkinson's in NBC Sit-Com
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — On his upcoming NBC comedy, Michael J. Fox will play a newscaster who had quit his job due to Parkinson's Disease but returns to work in ...
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Give It to Me ... Local?
OK, when Rick James told us to “Give it me, baby,” we got it. But when The Clarion-Ledger plasters its new saying—“Give It * to Me Local.
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Favorite JFP Moments: Yours and Ours
As the JFP approached its 10th birthday on Sept. 22, 2012, we asked current and former staff and interns, as well as readers, to share their favorite JFP moments.
WGBH Boston Buys Public Radio International
Boston public media station WGBH, the producer of such marquee PBS shows as "Nova" and "Frontline," has acquired Minneapolis-based Public Radio International, the companies said Thursday.
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JFP Wins Multiple Awards for 2011 Work
The Jackson Free Press got amazing news from Detroit Friday afternoon when we learned the Association of Alternative Newsmedia was presenting us a coveted first-place public-service award for our team ...
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WJXN: Pirate Radio?
Jacksonians have been talking about the radio station with no DJs, no commercials and a music lineup like none they've ever heard.
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As If We Lost the Saints
A tornado touched down in the New Orleans suburb of Arabi the evening of May 23. It was a busy Wednesday night in The Times-Picayune newsroom. The paper's website, NOLA.com, ...
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Why Write for the JFP?
Ugh! He's in my office again, with his holier-than-thou arrogance, his buffed-up hair and skin so alabaster he can't have ever seen the sun! What does he want this time? ...
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Free State of Jones
Jones County is a study in duality. It has two courthouses in two county seats: Ellisville and Laurel. During the Civil War, the county supposedly seceded from the state of ...
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One Night at Fenian's
On Wednesday, May 2, a friend asked me to go to Fenian's. I agreed and prior to leaving my house I asked who else would be there. She told me ...
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The Pejorative Report
When Rush Limbaugh called Sandra Fluke a slut, it was clear he was using a pejorative term. He meant to belittle Fluke, a law student at Georgetown University who spoke ...
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Farewell to a Newspaperwoman
When I entered the classroom at Millsaps College, where I teach a continuing education course for writers, there was a bright-eyed student seated at the table, notebook opened and ready. ...
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Laurel Leader-Call to Close
The Laurel Leader-Call plans to close this week. The paper announced that this Thursday's edition will be the last for the newspaper, which celebrated its 100th birthday last year.
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See the latest 100justjess I'm confused. I know what was done to Black folks but what I don't know is this: What have Black ...
May 22, 8:26 p.m. on Lumumba Wins Democratic Primary; Presumptive Mayor of Jackson
Donna Ladd BTW, about that sinkhole on Old Canton, someone posted this on the Fondren list Monday: > I posted the sinkhole ...
May 22, 8:02 p.m. on Open Letter to Mr. Lumumba from Ward 7 Couple
AndGoodbyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeee I think I missed where anyone said Lumumba is "causing a racial divide." What I said was that this election ...
May 22, 7:04 p.m. on Lumumba Wins Democratic Primary; Presumptive Mayor of Jackson
justjess @ Dorothy Triplett's Open Letter to Jacksonians Thanks Dorothy. Your letter was well thoughout and certainy, well written. I, too, ...
May 22, 6:46 p.m. on Open Letter to Jacksonians from Dorothy Triplett
kingkeylion I get so sick and tired of people saying we need to move past the racial divide! Or that an ...
May 22, 5:58 p.m. on Lumumba Wins Democratic Primary; Presumptive Mayor of Jackson
Lumumba Wins Democratic Primary; Presumptive Mayor of Jackson
By Tyler Cleveland