Roy Howard Community Journalism Center - Reporting What Matters

Bill of Health: Rural Mississippi confronts health care crisis amid calls for Medicaid expansion

Bill of Health: Rural Mississippi confronts health care crisis amid calls for Medicaid expansion

Morgan Gill, Gerald Webster, and Kiera Fox • November 26, 2024

POPLARVILLE — Jacenta Davis of Pearl River County doesn’t mince words about the health care crisis in her rural community. “We have a...

The Roy Howard Community Journalism Center, housed at The University of Southern Mississippi, is launching on Jan. 6. Founding center staff members, from left, include Managing Editor Whitney Argenbright, Community Liaison Joshua Wilson, Director Nichole Cyprian and Sarah Grace Meyn, a student worker.

Roy Howard Community Journalism Center to launch in January

Joshua Wilson • November 6, 2024

The University of Southern Mississippi, in conjunction with the Scripps Howard Foundation, will soon launch a unique project aimed at...