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Reckoning with Historical Injustice: Journalists at the Frontlines
This spirited conversation with Jerry Mitchell, an investigative journalist, Pulitzer Prize finalist, MacArthur Fellow and founder of the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting, was co-hosted by the School of Journalism at Northeastern’s College of Arts, Media and Design and FRONTLINE, which produced “Un(re)solved,” an investigative series featuring CRRJ’s work.
Jerry Mitchell, an investigative journalist, Pulitzer Prize finalist, MacArthur Fellow and founder of the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting.
Jonathan Kaufman, director of the School of Journalism in Northeastern University’s College of Arts, Media and Design
Erika Howard, director of impact strategy and external relations for FRONTLINE.
Professor Margaret Burnham (left) and Jerry Mitchell
Left to right: Erika Howard, Margaret Burnham and Jerry Mitchell
Jerry Mitchell reads from his 2020 book, Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era
Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era
Left to right: Ilyssa Daly, Erika Howard, Jerry Mitchell, Margaret Burnham and Jonathan Kaufman
The “Un(re)solved” art installation is designed as a “memory forest” that weaves together history and present day stories of those who have been lost, as told by their descendants.
Erika Howard, director of impact strategy and external relations for FRONTLINE.
Ilyssa Daly (left), investigative reporter at the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting, and Jerry Mitchell, Pulitzer Prize finalist, MacArthur Fellow and founder of the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting