Mississippi Today launched a major update to our website Wednesday night – the first redesign since 2021. In this revamp, we aimed to make the site a fitting showcase for the excellent work our journalists do every day to serve Mississippians while making it easier for you, our readers, to find the news that matters to you in the form you want to consume it.

Above all, we aimed to create a cleaner, less distracting reader experience by reducing unnecessary visual clutter, removing many of the advertisements on story pages and ensuring our reporting reads well on any device. We also made a number of technical improvements for faster load time on slower connections and mobile devices.

The navigation at the top and bottom of the site was also completely reworked to make it easier to directly access stories by topic. You’ll also notice more opportunities throughout the site to explore these topics more deeply, including related stories at the end of story pages, blocks to help you navigate between stories in larger projects and series, and more robust content tagging to help you find more stories on the topics that matter to you most.

We’ve elevated the links where you can find more information about Mississippi Today, how we’re funded and how to get in touch with us. We’ve also added more biographical information about all of our journalists that you can access by clicking on their bylines or by using the “read more” links at the end of stories. We’re proud to say many of our journalists were born and raised in Mississippi and are deeply connected to the communities they serve. We’re equally proud of the work they’ve done, the impact they’ve had and the recognition they’ve received in the form of regional and national journalism awards. This work is now more fully showcased on each of their bio pages.

We know many readers are now consuming our content on video platforms, so we’ve added new ways to feature video content directly on our homepage. As we grow our multimedia team, you can expect to find more video explainers, analysis and direct connection with our journalists through video throughout the site.  

We hope you love the changes, and we also value your feedback. If you have any feedback – good or bad – or questions about the new design, please get in touch by filling out this form. We’d love to hear from you.

Finally, this work would not happen without the contributions of our member community. If you already support us, thank you for making all of these improvements possible. If you value this work and have the means to do so, we hope you’ll become a member or consider making an additional contribution so we can continue making improvements to better serve you.