The Mississippi Independent is a nonprofit digital news outlet that strives to fill gaps in coverage of critical state and local issues brought on by the economic decline of conventional media, which has diminished the flow of accurate information, allowed critical news to slip through the cracks, and led to over-reliance on social media sources that are prone to errors, omissions, and distortions.

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