Jerry Mitchell (reporter)

Jerry W. Mitchell
Born (1959-02-23) February 23, 1959 (age 65)
Springfield, Missouri
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarding University, Ohio State University
OccupationJournalist
AwardsMacArthur Fellow, George Polk Award

Jerry W. Mitchell (born February 23, 1959)[1] is an American investigative reporter formerly with The Clarion-Ledger, a newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi. He convinced authorities to reopen many cold murder cases from the civil rights era, his investigations providing the basis for prosecutions, prompting one colleague to call him "the South's Simon Wiesenthal".[2] In 2009, he received a "genius grant" from the MacArthur Foundation.[3]

  1. ^ Jerry Mitchell, Jr., Mississippi Encyclopedia, Kathleen Woodruff Wickham, July 11, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  2. ^ "Jerry Mitchell's entry and biography | The Clarion-Ledger | clarionledger.com". clarionledger.com. 22 October 2009. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
  3. ^ Pérez-Peña, Richard (27 September 2009). "'Genius Grant' Allows Reporter to Chase More Crime". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 June 2023.