Warwick Sabin
@warwicksabin.bsky.social
President and CEO of @deepsouthtoday.org, which includes @mississippitoday.org and @veritenews.org.
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Deep South Today: An Explainer
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For anyone curious about why we created @deepsouthtoday.org and what we do, we are pleased to offer this brief video that explains our mission and work.
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Thanks to @sarabethb.bsky.social and @theajp.bsky.social for supporting local news efforts around the country and building public awareness about the progress that is being made. @deepsouthtoday.org is proud to be part of the AJP portfolio of nonprofit newsrooms.
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Opinion | Local Newspapers Are Closing. Local News Is Surviving.
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January 18, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Thanks to @sarabethb.bsky.social and @theajp.bsky.social for supporting local news efforts around the country and building public awareness about the progress that is being made. @deepsouthtoday.org is proud to be part of the AJP portfolio of nonprofit newsrooms.
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‘I want to be judged by the fact that people stop leaving New Orleans’: Moreno prepares to take over Mayor’s Office
Verite News sat down with incoming mayor Helena Moreno to discuss the city budget crisis, layoffs and how to grow the city’s economy.
Verite News sat down with incoming mayor Helena Moreno to discuss the city budget crisis, layoffs and how to grow the city’s economy.
‘I want to be judged by the fact that people stop leaving New Orleans’: Moreno prepares to take over Mayor’s Office
Verite News sat down with incoming mayor Helena Moreno to discuss the city budget crisis, layoffs and how to grow the city’s economy.
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January 7, 2026 at 8:27 PM
‘I want to be judged by the fact that people stop leaving New Orleans’: Moreno prepares to take over Mayor’s Office
Verite News sat down with incoming mayor Helena Moreno to discuss the city budget crisis, layoffs and how to grow the city’s economy.
Verite News sat down with incoming mayor Helena Moreno to discuss the city budget crisis, layoffs and how to grow the city’s economy.
Yesterday the Mississippi Speaker of the House did not allow a @mississippitoday.org reporter to attend a press gathering that he assembled on public property. The people of Mississippi deserve access and accountability from their elected officials. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/05/h...
House Speaker Jason White bars Mississippi Today from Capitol press event - Mississippi Today
Since a Mississippi Today report in April about White, some staff and spouses being treated to a Super Bowl trip by a sports-gambling company, he removed Mississippi Today from his press distribution ...
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January 6, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Yesterday the Mississippi Speaker of the House did not allow a @mississippitoday.org reporter to attend a press gathering that he assembled on public property. The people of Mississippi deserve access and accountability from their elected officials. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/05/h...
Yesterday’s edition of @npr.org’s Here and Now featured @veritenews.org asst mng editor @drewcostley.bsky.social discussing their recent article about visiting the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC. Listen to the episode here:
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Visiting the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture
Verite News' Drew Costley
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January 2, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Yesterday’s edition of @npr.org’s Here and Now featured @veritenews.org asst mng editor @drewcostley.bsky.social discussing their recent article about visiting the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC. Listen to the episode here:
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We believe our region deserves free, accessible news rooted in trust and accountability. Donations to @deepsouthtoday.org are matched dollar for dollar now through December 31. Double your impact and give today. Recurring gifts count toward the match. Donate here: donate.deepsouthtoday.org
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December 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
We believe our region deserves free, accessible news rooted in trust and accountability. Donations to @deepsouthtoday.org are matched dollar for dollar now through December 31. Double your impact and give today. Recurring gifts count toward the match. Donate here: donate.deepsouthtoday.org
Last week, @deepsouthtoday.org convened reporters from its three newsrooms for a town hall that offered a behind-the-scenes look at how our investigative journalists are tracking the opioid settlement spending.
You can watch the full video at this link:
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You can watch the full video at this link:
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Deep South Today hosts virtual town hall on opioid settlement spending across the region - Deep South Today
Deep South Today convened reporters from its three newsrooms — Mississippi Today, Verite News and The Current — for a virtual town hall on Dec. 4 to examine how hundreds of millions of opioid settleme...
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December 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Last week, @deepsouthtoday.org convened reporters from its three newsrooms for a town hall that offered a behind-the-scenes look at how our investigative journalists are tracking the opioid settlement spending.
You can watch the full video at this link:
deepsouthtoday.org/2025/12/11/d...
You can watch the full video at this link:
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A 2026 prediction offered by @ethansbrown.bsky.social, senior editor for collaborations at @deepsouthtoday.org, in the ongoing @niemanlab.org Predictions for Journalism 2026:
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Attention economy bears get vindicated
"The most telling media moments of 2025 portend an end to the attention economy — or at least, deriving easy, predictable benefits from it — even for those seemingly skilled in its ways."
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December 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A 2026 prediction offered by @ethansbrown.bsky.social, senior editor for collaborations at @deepsouthtoday.org, in the ongoing @niemanlab.org Predictions for Journalism 2026:
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We are grateful that @deepsouthtoday.org is among 12 news organizations selected for the GNI x NPA AI-Powered Next Gen News Sprint to experiment with new technology and build innovative products that will reach and engage younger audiences. @newsproduct.org
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Future-Proofing Journalism: Announcing the GNI × NPA AI-Powered Next Gen News Sprint — News Product Alliance
We’re proud to share the GNI × NPA AI-Powered Next Gen News Sprint, an eight-month initiative supported by the Google News Initiative (GNI) to help leading U.S. publishers reach and engage younger aud...
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December 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
We are grateful that @deepsouthtoday.org is among 12 news organizations selected for the GNI x NPA AI-Powered Next Gen News Sprint to experiment with new technology and build innovative products that will reach and engage younger audiences. @newsproduct.org
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Excellent segment on @npr.org Here & Now featuring @veritenews.org journalist Bobbi-Jeanne Misick discussing the current immigration enforcement actions in New Orleans. Her coverage has been urgent and vital in this moment and the result of many months of reporting.
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What to know about the immigration crackdown in New Orleans
DHS has said it expects to make 5,000 arrests in the region. Critics say many of those detained don't have a criminal record.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Excellent segment on @npr.org Here & Now featuring @veritenews.org journalist Bobbi-Jeanne Misick discussing the current immigration enforcement actions in New Orleans. Her coverage has been urgent and vital in this moment and the result of many months of reporting.
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An exciting opportunity at @veritenews.org for a development professional to accelerate the growth of a dynamic newsroom and build deeper relationships in our community. Please share with anyone who might be a good fit!
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Senior Director of Development and Partnerships - Verite News New Orleans
Verite News is a nonprofit news organization with a two-fold mission to produce in-depth journalism that serves the whole community while training, developing and mentoring a new generation of minorit...
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December 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
An exciting opportunity at @veritenews.org for a development professional to accelerate the growth of a dynamic newsroom and build deeper relationships in our community. Please share with anyone who might be a good fit!
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It was a pleasure to talk with Will Fischer at the @centercoopmedia.bsky.social about @deepsouthtoday.org and our new investigative reporting center launched in partnership with @nytimes.com and Big Local News.
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Q&A: Warwick Sabin on how Deep South Today collaborates to strengthen local and investigative…
Warwick Sabin is the president and CEO of Deep South Today, a collaborative network of local newsrooms in Louisiana and Mississippi. Deep…
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November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
It was a pleasure to talk with Will Fischer at the @centercoopmedia.bsky.social about @deepsouthtoday.org and our new investigative reporting center launched in partnership with @nytimes.com and Big Local News.
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Thanks to Kristen Hare at @poynterinstitute.bsky.social for digging deeper into the new @deepsouthtoday.org Investigative Reporting Center launched in partnership with @nytimes.com and Big Local News.
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Why the New York Times is sticking around the South - Poynter
A new reporting center launches in 2026
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November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Thanks to Kristen Hare at @poynterinstitute.bsky.social for digging deeper into the new @deepsouthtoday.org Investigative Reporting Center launched in partnership with @nytimes.com and Big Local News.
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It was a pleasure to interview Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt yesterday at Big Bets for America, a convening hosted by Heartland Forward and @rockefellerfdn.bsky.social. We discussed how the lessons of OKC’s economic growth can be applied in other communities. More at: www.bigbetsforamerica.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It was a pleasure to interview Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt yesterday at Big Bets for America, a convening hosted by Heartland Forward and @rockefellerfdn.bsky.social. We discussed how the lessons of OKC’s economic growth can be applied in other communities. More at: www.bigbetsforamerica.org
This fall, @deepsouthtoday.org partnered with murmuration, a nonprofit that strengthens community-driven change at the local level, to understand how people across the Deep South stay informed.
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Where the Story Lives - Deep South Today
This fall, Deep South Today partnered with Murmuration, a nonprofit that strengthens community-driven change at the local level, to understand how people across the Deep South stay informed: where the...
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October 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This fall, @deepsouthtoday.org partnered with murmuration, a nonprofit that strengthens community-driven change at the local level, to understand how people across the Deep South stay informed.
deepsouthtoday.org/2025/10/29/w...
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Very grateful that @deepsouthtoday.org is among the Bright Spots in local journalism featured in the 2025 State of Local News report released yesterday by @localnewsini.bsky.social.
We are honored to be in such esteemed company.
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We are honored to be in such esteemed company.
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Banding together to reach more of the rural South
A few years ago, as journalists in New Orleans explored forming Verite News, a light bulb went on for some of the people they were consulting. Mississippi Today, a nonprofit outlet founded in 2016, wa...
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October 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Very grateful that @deepsouthtoday.org is among the Bright Spots in local journalism featured in the 2025 State of Local News report released yesterday by @localnewsini.bsky.social.
We are honored to be in such esteemed company.
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We are honored to be in such esteemed company.
localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/projects/sta...
Nice to see Christiaan Mader and Alena Maschke from @deepsouthtoday.org newsroom The Current featured in this piece on @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social by @blowthestack.bsky.social about local news.
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Charles M. Blow on the crisis facing local newspapers
By some estimates, more than 3,200 print newspapers have vanished since 2005, with an estimated two newspapers closing each week. As funding for public broadcasting also shrinks, political analyst Cha...
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October 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Nice to see Christiaan Mader and Alena Maschke from @deepsouthtoday.org newsroom The Current featured in this piece on @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social by @blowthestack.bsky.social about local news.
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Such a pleasure to celebrate @veritenews.org Editor-in-Chief Terry Baquet and the other honorees at the 2025 Freedom of Press Awards presented last night by @rcfp.org. The work of RCFP alongside news organizations across the nation is ensuring access to critical information for all of us.
October 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Such a pleasure to celebrate @veritenews.org Editor-in-Chief Terry Baquet and the other honorees at the 2025 Freedom of Press Awards presented last night by @rcfp.org. The work of RCFP alongside news organizations across the nation is ensuring access to critical information for all of us.
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The New York Times Local Investigations Fellowship will collaborate with a new investigative reporting center at @deepsouthtoday.org to launch in early 2026. www.nytco.com/press/deep-s...
Deep South Today, The New York Times to Launch Investigative Reporting Center | The New York Times Company
Deep South Today, the nonprofit network of local newsrooms that includes Mississippi Today, Verite News in New Orleans, La., and The Current in Lafayette, La., announced that it will create a new…
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October 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The New York Times Local Investigations Fellowship will collaborate with a new investigative reporting center at @deepsouthtoday.org to launch in early 2026. www.nytco.com/press/deep-s...
Very excited to announce that @deepsouthtoday.org will create a new regional investigative reporting center in collaboration with @nytimes.com Local Investigations Fellowship.
The Deep South Today Investigative Reporting Center will launch in early 2026.
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The Deep South Today Investigative Reporting Center will launch in early 2026.
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Deep South Today To Launch Regional Investigative Reporting Center In Collaboration With The New York Times - Deep South Today
Deep South Today, the nonprofit network of local newsrooms that includes Mississippi Today, Verite News in New Orleans, Louisiana, and The Current in
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October 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Very excited to announce that @deepsouthtoday.org will create a new regional investigative reporting center in collaboration with @nytimes.com Local Investigations Fellowship.
The Deep South Today Investigative Reporting Center will launch in early 2026.
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The Deep South Today Investigative Reporting Center will launch in early 2026.
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It is my pleasure to announce that Hollis R. Towns joins us today as the first Chief Operating Officer of @deepsouthtoday.org. Hollis is bringing precisely the kind of skills and expertise that Deep South Today needs when we are poised for dramatic growth.
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Hollis Towns Joins Deep South Today as Chief Operating Officer - Deep South Today
Deep South Today, the nonprofit network of local newsrooms that includes Mississippi Today, Verite News, and The Current, today named Hollis R. Towns as its
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October 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It is my pleasure to announce that Hollis R. Towns joins us today as the first Chief Operating Officer of @deepsouthtoday.org. Hollis is bringing precisely the kind of skills and expertise that Deep South Today needs when we are poised for dramatic growth.
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An example of why local journalism matters:
@mississippitoday.org reporter @allensiegler.bsky.social investigated how local governments are spending millions from Mississippi’s opioid settlement funds — money meant to help communities respond to the overdose crisis.
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@mississippitoday.org reporter @allensiegler.bsky.social investigated how local governments are spending millions from Mississippi’s opioid settlement funds — money meant to help communities respond to the overdose crisis.
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Newspaper investigation leads Mississippi officials to tackle addiction with opioid settlement money
A newspaper investigation found that city and county governments in Mississippi had been spending very little of the opioid settlement money it received to address addiction.
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October 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
An example of why local journalism matters:
@mississippitoday.org reporter @allensiegler.bsky.social investigated how local governments are spending millions from Mississippi’s opioid settlement funds — money meant to help communities respond to the overdose crisis.
apnews.com/article/addi...
@mississippitoday.org reporter @allensiegler.bsky.social investigated how local governments are spending millions from Mississippi’s opioid settlement funds — money meant to help communities respond to the overdose crisis.
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It’s a pleasure to announce @aschweig.bsky.social’s elevation to the position of Chief Strategy Officer at @deepsouthtoday.org. His leadership and dedication to operational excellence has been invaluable as Deep South Today has grown considerably during 2025.
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Deep South Today Elevates Adam Schweigert to Chief Strategy Officer - Deep South Today
Deep South Today, the nonprofit network of local newsrooms that includes Mississippi Today, Verite News, and The Current, today announced that Adam Schweigert has been elevated to the position of Chie...
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October 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
It’s a pleasure to announce @aschweig.bsky.social’s elevation to the position of Chief Strategy Officer at @deepsouthtoday.org. His leadership and dedication to operational excellence has been invaluable as Deep South Today has grown considerably during 2025.
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Very grateful for the opportunity to expand @deepsouthtoday.org’s partnership with @notus.com to include @mississippitoday.org. We were honored that @veritenews.org was part of the inaugural cohort for the Washington Bureau Initiative to provide essential news from DC.
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NOTUS to partner with a growing list of local news outlets to close the gap between voters and elected officials - Allbritton Journalism Institute
NOTUS announced today that it is expanding the Washington Bureau Initiative, a program where political reporting from its Washington newsroom is co-published with local outlets across the country to e...
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October 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Very grateful for the opportunity to expand @deepsouthtoday.org’s partnership with @notus.com to include @mississippitoday.org. We were honored that @veritenews.org was part of the inaugural cohort for the Washington Bureau Initiative to provide essential news from DC.
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What a tremendous turnout in Lafayette yesterday to celebrate The Current joining @deepsouthtoday.org. It was great to see the community support and enthusiasm for more local news in the area, and we enjoyed meeting so many new friends and learning more about the needs and issues there.
October 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
What a tremendous turnout in Lafayette yesterday to celebrate The Current joining @deepsouthtoday.org. It was great to see the community support and enthusiasm for more local news in the area, and we enjoyed meeting so many new friends and learning more about the needs and issues there.
It was a pleasure to talk with Paul Gewuerz about @deepsouthtoday.org for his Small Press, Big Ideas podcast! You can listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via this YouTube link:
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News That Stays Local, Infrastructure That Scales
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September 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It was a pleasure to talk with Paul Gewuerz about @deepsouthtoday.org for his Small Press, Big Ideas podcast! You can listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via this YouTube link:
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