The Pulitzer Prize in Mississippi: Responding to Natural Disasters
“The Pulitzer Prize in Mississippi: Responding to Natural Disasters,” will feature Stan Tiner, former editor of the Sun Herald, winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of Hurricane Katrina; Natasha Trethewey, Gulfport native, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the former United States Poet Laureate; and Charlie Mitchell, professor of journalism at The University of Mississippi and former editor of the Vicksburg Post, which won a Pulitzer in 1954 for its coverage after a devastating tornado.
Charles Overby, former executive editor of the Jackson Clarion-Ledger, which won a Pulitzer for its coverage of education reform in 1983, and former director of the Newseum in Washington, D.C., will moderate the discussion, which will be followed by a reception.
This free program is part of a series entitled “The Pulitzer Prize and Mississippi Journalism,” presented by the Mississippi Humanities Council in partnership with the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics at the University of Mississippi and the Pulitzer Board.