Sometimes publisher Kimberly Griffin and I are asked how the Mississippi Free Press is different from other “local” or “statewide” media, and my first thought is always that someone is not paying very close attention to see the obvious for themselves. That’s not (usually) a snarky thought; it’s more about my concern that Americans and Mississippians in general still are not paying enough attention to what it means, or should mean, to be local or statewide rather than national or regional journ...