Marquita Brown is joining Mississippi Today as its education editor. Brown, a Mississippi native, will lead a team of three reporters covering K-12 and higher education. Part of the K-12 coverage will be focused on the Mississippi Delta.

Brown will lead a team that produces contextualized reporting on a range of topics ranging from school funding and postsecondary opportunities to curriculum and mental health in schools. The stories will be anchored in community-centered reporting with an eye toward racial justice and equity.

She is looking forward to using her expertise to guide and shape coverage of one of the state’s most consequential topics.

“Jackson is my hometown. As someone born and raised in the city and metro area, I was proud to serve my community years ago as a daily newspap

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