Based in Jackson, Mississippi, Miller has reported on issues of housing insecurity, and food and water access for Mississippi Today. Previously, she worked with the Gulf States Newsroom covering reproductive health and elections in Alabama. She is formerly the managing editor of Black Girl Times, a nonprofit news blog for The Lighthouse | Black Girl Projects, as well as the former Deputy News Editor for the Jackson Free Press, where she covered criminal justice and City Hall. She has won multiple NABJ awards and a regional Edward R. Murrow award for her work covering civil rights in the Mississippi Delta. When she’s not tracking FOIA requests, she can be found crocheting while rewatching Audrey Hepburn films.
Beat: Impact of redistricting in the Gulf South
The historic Louisiana v. Callais decision on redistricting triggered a series of events as states in the Gulf South moved quickly to redraw state and congressional maps no longer governed by the consideration for race. This has far reaching impacts on the people who live in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, who have have potential to lose representation at all levels of government. This beat will not only include the machinations of government but what the impacts of these moves will have on Gulf South communities.