CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 13 -- The Nieman Foundation issued the following news: Jerry Mitchell, director and co-founder of the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting (MCIR), has been selected as the winner of the 2024 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence in recognition of his exemplary body of work and lifelong commitment to investigative journalism. For the past four decades, his hard-hitting stories have exposed injustices, corruption and abuse of power in the Americ  more