Description: As of May 20 2022 the Jackson Free Press news operation is part of the nonprofit Mississippi Journalism and Education Groups suite of journalism projects alongside the Mississippi Free Press and the Mississippi Youth Media Project Referred to often as simply JFP the newspaperwebsite started in 2002 as an alternative weekly newspaper in Jackson Miss Cofunders were Mississippi native journalism Donna Ladd author and technology expert Todd Stauffer and a group of young Jacksonians wanting in inclusive solutionsfocused voice in the state It won many awards in its first 195 years of publication before the nonprofit acquisition