{"id":138259,"date":"2024-04-06T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=138259"},"modified":"2024-04-05T17:54:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T22:54:57","slug":"university-of-mississippi-journalism-school-honors-tim-kalich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/university-of-mississippi-journalism-school-honors-tim-kalich\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Mississippi Journalism School Honors Tim Kalich"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Greenwood publisher receives prestigious Silver Em award<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The University of Mississippi<\/strong> School of Journalism and New Media<\/strong> honored Tim Kalich<\/strong>, editor and publisher of The Greenwood Commonwealth<\/em><\/strong>, on Wednesday with its highest award for journalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The school named Kalich this year’s winner of the Silver Em<\/strong> in recognition of his dedication to advancing local journalism in the Mississippi Delta<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I’ve been in the crowd to support numerous winners over the years,” he said. “I’ve spent a long time in Mississippi journalism, but you know, I did not expect that I would be selected for it. That came as a nice and humbling surprise.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kalich joined the Commonwealth in 1982 as a reporter, later serving as sports editor, news editor and general manager before being named editor and publisher in March 1995.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The award, which dates to 1958, is given to Mississippians who have notable journalism careers or journalists who had notable careers in Mississippi. Jim Abbott<\/strong>, winner of the 2003 Silver Em, nominated Kalich for the honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“He is one of the leading voices among editorial writers in our state and across the Southeast,” Abbott said. “His award-winning editorials, appearing on the opinion page of the Commonwealth, pull no punches.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His nomination letter also included statements from Charles Dunagin<\/strong>, former publisher of the McComb Enterprise-Journal<\/em><\/strong> and the 1987 Silver Em honoree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“A true newspaperman, Tim publishes one of Mississippi’s finest papers,” the letter said. “The Commonwealth has set a standard for honest, objective journalism and has impacted the progress of Leflore County and Greenwood.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrea Hickerson<\/strong>, dean of the Ole Miss<\/strong> journalism school, noted the enthusiasm for Kalich’s nomination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It was moving to see the coordinated and organized support for Tim expressed by his colleagues,” Hickerson said. “They made this an easy selection.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The awards ceremony at The Inn at Ole Miss<\/strong> also included 36 journalism and integrated marketing communications students, who received excellence, dean’s and service awards for their work at the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kalich says he cannot forecast the future of journalism but has an idea of the journalism world that the students will be entering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We’re gonna have to figure out what content people want,” he said. “We’re swimming against the tide, but my hope is that there will be a rebound in advertising and increase in daily newspapers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I’ve taken a lot of personal pride, and our newspaper staff has taken a lot of pride that we maintain a paper that comes out five days a week. I think there’s eight papers in the state that are still daily, and we’re the only one left in the Mississippi Delta.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By MacKenzie Ross<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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