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Jackson Free Press
The Jackson Free Press, known as the JFP, is Mississippi’s only alternative newspaper, launched on Sept. 22, 2002. It is weekly in print and daily online, printing 17,000 copies a week with a readership of 64,332, according to the 2007 Jackson Market Study, commissioned by The Clarion-Ledger.* The paper has won 17 national writing and Web site awards from the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies in its first four years of publication.
Todd Stauffer, Stephen Barnette and Donna Ladd started the Jackson Free Press in 2002, with help from Jackson State design professor Jimmy Mumford. They took the name from the The Mississippi Free Press, a now-defunct investigative civil rights newspaper from the 1960s. The Jackson Free Press, which is free of charge and is supported entirely by advertising revenue, has a weekly circulation of 17,000. The most recent Media Audit figures indicate an actual readership of approximately 50,000, and its active Web site, which launched on a blogging platform in 2002, receives more than 500,000 page views per month.
*(Call 601.362.6121 ext. 3 and ask for documentation on audited readership to be faxed, if desired.)
JFP Awards
Press about the JFP
Freelance Information: JFP Writers Guidelines
The Jackson Free Press FAQ - Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about the Jackson Free Press
JFP on Wikipedia
JFP on myspace
LoungeList: Jackson’s Local Social Network, powered by the Jackson Free Press
Memorable JFP Moments
Staff
JFP People - Current
JFP People - Past - Where Are They Now
JFP Interns
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