Mississippi Today has been recognized in multiple categories of the 2025 Society of Professional Journalists’ Green Eyeshade Awards, a prestigious annual competition that recognizes the best journalism in the Southeast.

The awards honor work published in 2024 and are open to journalists and news organizations from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia.

Investigative Reporting

Mississippi Today’s Anna Wolfe won second place for her work that got five Mississippi mothers out of prison after she questioned a district attorney’s use of a nebulous state law. Click here to read the reporting.

Serious Feature Writing

Mississippi Today’s Jerry Mitchell won second place for his feature about how reporter William Bradford Huie’s false narrative about the 1955 slaying of Emmett Till “stole the story of Emmett Till from his mother and family.” Click here to read the reporting.

Public Affairs and Policy Reporting

Mississippi Today’s Sophia Paffenroth won third place for her series about Mississippi’s fight for IVF policy change. Click here to read the reporting. 

Editorial Writing

Mississippi Today’s Adam Ganucheau won third place for a series of editorials he wrote about the state Legislature’s 2024 debate about whether to expand Medicaid. Read the winning series here: Editorial 1, Editorial 2, Editorial 3.

READ MORE: The full list of 2025 Green Eyeshades winners