Jerry Mitchell
Journalist, Award Winner
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Who is Jerry Mitchell?
Jerry W. Mitchell is an investigative reporter for The Clarion-Ledger, a newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi. He convinced authorities to reopen seemingly cold murder cases from the Civil Rights Era, prompting one colleague to call him "the South's Simon Wiesenthal". In 2009, he received a "genius grant" from the MacArthur Foundation.
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- Profession
- Education
- Ohio State University
- Harding University
- Employment
- Reporter, Gannett Company
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on July 23, 2013
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