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Roy Howard Community Journalism Center

Roy Howard Community Journalism Center

Roy Howard Community Journalism Center

Kenneth Hornsby urges decision-makers to consider rural residents during 2025 talks about Mississippi Medicaid expansion.

Protected: Bill of Health: Advocates outline widespread impact of Medicaid expansion

Morgan Gill, Mallory Strickland, and Gerald Webster December 4, 2024

SUMRALL - Lamar County resident Kenneth Hornsby doesn’t mince words when discussing the challenges of accessing healthcare in his town. “I myself live in Sumrall, so when I drive over here for my...

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

Protected: 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 little hospital, like a Band-Aid station. They still send...

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 advancing community journalism and building up media literacy...

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