Charles Mitchell

Associate Professor of Journalism

Charles D Mitchell

Charlie Mitchell is an associate professor, having previously served as associate dean.

Biography

Charlie Mitchell came to the School of Journalism and New Media in 2010 after 24 years as executive editor of The Vicksburg Post. He is a past president of the Mississippi Press Association and has also served as a director and president of the Mississippi Center for Freedom of Information and the Mississippi-Louisiana Associated Press Managing Editors Association.

He has been a columnist in more than 20 state newspapers for more than 30 years and has won many writing awards for the column, his reporting from Iraq and in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He is an attorney and is admitted to practice in state and federal courts.

Courses Taught

Education

B.A. Communications, Mississippi State University (1975)

J.D. Law, The University of Mississippi (1986)