After four wonderful years in Mississippi, I have a new job. Starting Monday I'll cover national news as a fellow at the New York Times.
I'm grateful to everyone who shared their stories with me and to all my colleagues at @MSTODAYnews and @sunherald.
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When Sydney Jones arrived at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto during a mental health crisis, her family assumed she would soon receive treatment.
Instead, the hospital sent her to jail, though she was charged with no crime.
Why did this happen? (THREAD)
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I'm thrilled that @mrsimon22, @agnel88_philip and I are Livingston Award finalists for our reporting on how Mississippi routinely jails people who are not accused of any crime, solely because they may be mentally ill.
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Mississippi Today’s Isabelle Taft reported the “Committed to Jail” series, and Mississippi Today’s Jerry Mitchell and investigative fellows Ilyssa Daly, Brian Howey and Nate Rosenfield were on the team of journalists who reported the “Unfettered Power” series.
Two Mississippi Today investigations were named semifinalists for the coveted 2024 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting.
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Today, on an organ in a church in Halberstadt, Germany, a new note will be added to a performance of John Cage's As Slow as Possible that began in 02001 and will not finish until 02640 – a span of 639 years.
Morley Musick is one of my favorite writers—everything he writes is totally idiosyncratic, old-school, and stratospherically funny and soulful. Psyched to have him writing a column at @nplusonemag:
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After meeting Tina, @AliyyaSwaby and I filed open records requests, traveled across Georgia, and interviewed people like her who had their power cut off for nonpayment, even though they needed power keep their medical devices working.
Check out this 🧵 for more on what we found.
Anyone going through the involuntary commitment process should have a hearing within 7-10 days.
Tatsch was jailed for 12, mostly in an isolation cell that had no TV. It's unclear whether he got a hearing or even an evaluation.
Story for @MSTODAYnews
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