Wednesday, February 10, 2016

JJ is getting some competition.

It appears a news online website is getting cranked up in the Jackson area.  Mississippi News & Information Corporation stole R.L. Knave away from the Jackson Free Press.  Its mission statement says:

MSNIC is a nonpartisan, digital news and information resource that aggressively and objectively covers state and local government affairs and community issues, including education, health, poverty and race, as well as Mississippi’s social culture.  The staff will produce high-quality reporting to act as a government watchdog, support the functioning democracy and help shape the future of the state. Increasing citizen awareness, including how government action affects people and communities, may lead to greater civic engagement.    MSNIC will help create the next generation of distinguished journalists by recruiting exceptional graduates of journalism, communications and public policy educational institutions and working with current students at the state’s colleges and universities to develop skills that will prepare them for productive careers.
There is no website online but the company was advertising online that several positions were available for hire recently:  Reporter II, Database Editor, Social Media Editor, Development Director.  

The Secretary of State website states attorney Patrick McCraney is  the registered agent and director (Where have we heard that name before?).  The company is a  501(c)(3) non-profit organization and was formed in October 2014.  Andrew Lack signed two documents that were filed at the Secretary of State's office in December 2014.

Kingfish note: The scuttlebutt is this organization is been revved up as a response to the Initiative 42 defeat.  There are rumors of at least one major donor behind this caper but JJ has not been able to confirm them.  One rumor is that MSNIC hired a former star reporter from the Clarion-Ledger's glory days covering the educational reform fight in the 1980's.  Stay tuned. 

34 comments:

Anonymous said...

NBC news chief Andrew Lack?

Anonymous said...

I don't understand the idea of covering "race"?

Why is there a need to cover news stories about people's skin tone? While they are at it, can we get some local news stories about blondes? Or people between 5'1 and 5'4? Or are they insinuating that the color of someone's skin carries some special meaning other than just aesthetics?

Anonymous said...

This caper? It's great news!

seen this movie before said...

"nonpartisan" my ass

Anonymous said...

How is this different than the Jackson Free Press?

Anonymous said...

Steadivest.

Anonymous said...

Isn't the Woodland's address that of Jim Barksdale?

Anonymous said...

Race? MLK talked about how skins color should not matter. The press here in Jackson is obsessed with race.

Anonymous said...

800 Woodlands is McCraney's office.

Anonymous said...

Hmmm... Doesn't list a salary...
http://www.journalismnext.com/jobdetails.cfm?jid=9309

Anonymous said...

How can anyone here not think race is an issue.

It is as prevalent and relevant today as it was 50 years ago.

Segregation in schools, politics, churches, neighborhoods, hospitals, bars, exists worse now than it ever was.

True it is not the law of the state any longer...but it is how things have developed.

Anonymous said...

@10:56

It's amazing how free will works, isn't it?

You tend to forget that diversity is so wonderful, that it was enforced at gunpoint.

Anonymous said...

Racism is prevalent and relevant today only because some people make a living of keeping it that way. I we got rid of the race whores we would not be having so many race problems.
People do not want to be equal, they want a reason to force others to give to them.

Messick said...

Yes, 10:56, people segregate themselves because different folks have different cultures.

Anonymous said...

RL Knave is a liberal HACK! Non partisan my arse. he came from Free Press, you know that fair and balanced fish wrap.

Staying put here at JJ.

Barksdale go away.

Anonymous said...

@10:56 Every government agency is devoted to tracking us by race. The Pollsters seem to think it is the way to predict votes. "Groupthink" is supposed to be rampant according to the media. Of course, people designated as white can engage in 3 types of thought: Republican, Democratic, or Independent, nevertheless, we must all constantly think of our "whiteness" because it is structurally built-in according to some media. Quite frankly, I am sick of this throw-back policy. It reeks of "one-drop-of-blood" makes you black mentality. Census data before and after the Civil War is divided into race. Just mention merging a traditionally white college with an HBCU and the alumni go crazy. Race will continue its importance as long as the governments, the data nerds, and the media give it so much attention. This focused attention is killing any hope of unity.

Burke said...

Is R. L. Knave a pseudonym?

Kingfish, you're a first-rate investigator/jackass. I do wish that another blog would start up that would steal some of your habitual trolls. When Helen Mirren was describing drunk drivers in her Super Bowl ad, I was thinking how you could apply the same description to about half of your commenters. Not me, of course. :)

Freedom of speech is a precious right, so let the wild asses bray.

Anonymous said...

Like him or not, Nave is the only person at JFP that ever wrote anything remotely related to news and he did a pretty good job. Most of the rest of JFP material is feminist or gender hoopla.

Anonymous said...

Barksdale's office is in the Woodlands also.

Burke said...

Ah, "Knave" is some of your jackassery. Got me.

Anonymous said...

Amen to 12:50 and the other who needs Barksdale. Just because hes former head of Netscape and on FedEx and Time warner boards and chair of Mayo Clinic and W's Foreign Intelligence Board, that doesn't make him smarter than us and we're doing just fine without him. And just because hes given $200-million or so to education in MS don't mean squat. JJ's got everything covered, you liberal in sheep's clothing.

Anonymous said...

Several points to make:

- Knave is a real person, a nice one at that, and a credible journalist.
- From comments here, racism is alive and well.
- The Woodlands is an office PARK with many buildings and offices, so you conspiracy theorists are going to have to find something else to play.
- What would KF do without "trolls" - otherwise it'd just be the 3 of you yammering back and forth on every post.

Anonymous said...

Pablum, not hoopla.

Anonymous said...

Yup, only 3 of us. All those advertisers are only trying to reach a very small audience.

Anonymous said...

Well played, 3:00. Colbert himself would be proud.

Anonymous said...

There are 54 domains registered using this same email address. 11 of them were all done on December 9, 2015. The phone # of this registrant is in fact Andy Lack.

http://domainbigdata.com/msnewsfeed.info
http://domainbigdata.com/email/admin@mississippitoday.com

Anonymous said...

Nave was probably tired of donna ladd paying in gift cards. Plus shes got competition now with soc's "outfront" paper, an apparent revenge after jfp's reporting of the waste contract. KF why have you not reported on THAT jackassery?...

Kingfish said...

Good point. I need to.

Knave is pretty nice guy and takes his job seriously. He ran himself ragged working at that paper.

Anonymous said...

Seen 'em come and go. Othor Cain is a flake. I doubt Outfront hurts Donner, much. Not like JJ does. But paying employees with gift cards? That is a violation of the law.

Anonymous said...

Donna also has an army of unpaid "interns".
Free labor for the Jackson FREE press.
Guess she is going to cut out some of her air bnb'ing in NYC and actually work for a living, instead of talking about how much she works for a living.
Pass the tissues.

Anonymous said...

Jim Barksdalw lives in Meadowbrook Highlands by me. Do your research before spouting off

Anonymous said...

Alexa Traffic Ranking
Rank in the United States as of February 11th, 2016

Ranking calculated using a combination of average daily visitors to the site and pageviews on the site from users in the United States over the past month. Updated daily.

Jackson Jambalaya = 39,979
Jackson Free Press = 57,452
Mississippi Business Journal = 80,902
Mississippi Gun Owners = 140,425
MSGOPe Radio, aka, SuperTalkMS = 160,976
Madison County Journal = 271,776
Hattiesburg Patriot = 307,561
Slabbed = 336,685
Mississippi Litigation Review = 338,300
Jane's Law Blog = 422,082
Y'allPolitics = 525,883
Northside Sun = 532,486
Mississippi Link = 725,636
Mississippi Conservative Daily = 946,669
Cottonmouth = 1,384,177

Bigger Pie Forum = Not Available
Boom Jackson = Not Available
Dark Horse Mississippi = Not Available
Deep South Daily = Not Available
Desoto County Reform = Not Available
Jackson Advocate = Not Available
Jackson Progressive = Not Available
Magnolia Report = Not Available
Mississippi Gun News = Not Available
Mississippi Mom = Not Available
Mississippi PEP = Not Available
Mississippi Political Pulse = Not Available
OutfrontMS = Not Available
Rethink Mississippi = Not Available
The Taxpayers Channel = Not Available
Weidie Report = Not Available

Thus Blogged Anderson = Lowry On Hiatus
Starkville Free Press = DEAD

Anonymous said...

Using Alexa to predict web influence is like trying to predict hurricanes by sticking a wet finger in the air.

Jackson Jambalaya is #1 said...

Any measure is better than no measure.

Only thing left to mull is how your finger actually got wet. Hmmmm.


Recent Comments

Search Jackson Jambalaya

Subscribe to JJ's Youtube channel

Archives

Trollfest '09

Trollfest '07 was such a success that Jackson Jambalaya will once again host Trollfest '09. Catch this great event which will leave NE Jackson & Fondren in flames. Othor Cain and his band, The Black Power Structure headline the night while Sonjay Poontang returns for an encore performance. Former Frank Melton bodyguard Marcus Wright makes his premier appearance at Trollfest singing "I'm a Sweet Transvestite" from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Kamikaze will sing his new hit, “How I sold out to da Man.” Robbie Bell again performs: “Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be Bells” and “Any friend of Ed Peters is a friend of mine”. After the show, Ms. Bell will autograph copies of her mug shot photos. In a salute to “Dancing with the Stars”, Ms. Bell and Hinds County District Attorney Robert Smith will dance the Wango Tango.

Wrestling returns, except this time it will be a Battle Royal with Othor Cain, Ben Allen, Kim Wade, Haley Fisackerly, Alan Lange, and “Big Cat” Donna Ladd all in the ring at the same time. The Battle Royal will be in a steel cage, no time limit, no referee, and the losers must leave town. Marshand Crisler will be the honorary referee (as it gives him a title without actually having to do anything).


Meet KIM Waaaaaade at the Entergy Tent. For five pesos, Kim will sell you a chance to win a deed to a crack house on Ridgeway Street stuffed in the Howard Industries pinata. Don't worry if the pinata is beaten to shreds, as Mr. Wade has Jose, Emmanuel, and Carlos, all illegal immigrants, available as replacements for the it. Upon leaving the Entergy tent, fig leaves will be available in case Entergy literally takes everything you have as part of its Trollfest ticket price adjustment charge.

Donna Ladd of The Jackson Free Press will give several classes on learning how to write. Smearing, writing without factchecking, and reporting only one side of a story will be covered. A donation to pay their taxes will be accepted and she will be signing copies of their former federal tax liens. Ms. Ladd will give a dramatic reading of her two award-winning essays (They received The Jackson Free Press "Best Of" awards.) "Why everything is always about me" and "Why I cover murders better than anyone else in Jackson".

In the spirit of helping those who are less fortunate, Trollfest '09 adopts a cause for which a portion of the proceeds and donations will be donated: Keeping Frank Melton in his home. The “Keep Frank Melton From Being Homeless” booth will sell chances for five dollars to pin the tail on the jackass. John Reeves has graciously volunteered to be the jackass for this honorable excursion into saving Frank's ass. What's an ass between two friends after all? If Mr. Reeves is unable to um, perform, Speaker Billy McCoy has also volunteered as when the word “jackass” was mentioned he immediately ran as fast as he could to sign up.


In order to help clean up the legal profession, Adam Kilgore of the Mississippi Bar will be giving away free, round-trip plane tickets to the North Pole where they keep their bar complaint forms (which are NOT available online). If you don't want to go to the North Pole, you can enjoy Brant Brantley's (of the Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance) free guided tours of the quicksand field over by High Street where all complaints against judges disappear. If for some reason you are unable to control yourself, never fear; Judge Houston Patton will operate his jail where no lawyers are needed or allowed as you just sit there for minutes... hours.... months...years until he decides he is tired of you sitting in his jail. Do not think Judge Patton is a bad judge however as he plans to serve free Mad Dog 20/20 to all inmates.

Trollfest '09 is a pet-friendly event as well. Feel free to bring your dog with you and do not worry if your pet gets hungry, as employees of the Jackson Zoo will be on hand to provide some of their animals as food when it gets to be feeding time for your little loved one.

Relax at the Fox News Tent. Since there are only three blonde reporters in Jackson (being blonde is a requirement for working at Fox News), Megan and Kathryn from WAPT and Wendy from WLBT will be on loan to Fox. To gain admittance to the VIP section, bring either your Republican Party ID card or a Rebel Flag. Bringing both and a torn-up Obama yard sign will entitle you to free drinks served by Megan, Wendy, and Kathryn. Get your tickets now. Since this is an event for trolls, no ID is required. Just bring the hate. Bring the family, Trollfest '09 is for EVERYONE!!!

This is definitely a Beaver production.


Note: Security provided by INS.

Trollfest '07

Jackson Jambalaya is the home of Trollfest '07. Catch this great event which promises to leave NE Jackson & Fondren in flames. Sonjay Poontang and his band headline the night with a special steel cage, no time limit "loser must leave town" bout between Alan Lange and "Big Cat"Donna Ladd following afterwards. Kamikaze will perform his new song F*** Bush, he's still a _____. Did I mention there was no referee? Dr. Heddy Matthias and Lori Gregory will face off in the undercard dueling with dangling participles and other um, devices. Robbie Bell will perform Her two latest songs: My Best Friends are in the Media and Mama's, Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to be George Bell. Sid Salter of The Clarion-Ledger will host "Pin the Tail on the Trial Lawyer", sponsored by State Farm.

There will be a hugging booth where in exchange for your young son, Frank Melton will give you a loooong hug. Trollfest will have a dunking booth where Muhammed the terrorist will curse you to Allah as you try to hit a target that will drop him into a vat of pig grease. However, in the true spirit of Separate But Equal, Don Imus and someone from NE Jackson will also sit in the dunking booth for an equal amount of time. Tom Head will give a reading for two hours on why he can't figure out who the hell he is. Cliff Cargill will give lessons with his .80 caliber desert eagle, using Frank Melton photos as targets. Tackleberry will be on hand for an autograph session. KIM Waaaaaade will be passing out free titles and deeds to crackhouses formerly owned by The Wood Street Players.

If you get tired come relax at the Fox News Tent. To gain admittance to the VIP section, bring either your Republican Party ID card or a Rebel Flag. Bringing both will entitle you to free drinks.Get your tickets now. Since this is an event for trolls, no ID is required, just bring the hate. Bring the family, Trollfest '07 is for EVERYONE!!!

This is definitely a Beaver production.

Note: Security provided by INS
.