coverage of blacks and increased the number of its black staff. When Gannett bought the newspaper, the new leadership ramped up efforts to purge the paper's segregationist legacy. Gannett has long been well known for promoting diversity in the newsroom and covering events in communities of racial and ethnic minorities. By 1991, the Clarion-Ledgers number of newsroom black professionals was three times the national average, and the paper had one of the few black managing editors in the U.S. Ronnie Agnew became the Managing Editor in February 2001. In October 2002, he became the paper's first black Executive Editor. Marlon A. Walker was named Executive Editor in April 2021. Awards and recognition In 1983, The Clarion-Ledger won the coveted Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for a package of stories on Mississippi's education system. References External links The Clarion Ledger The Clarion Ledger mobile website The Clarion Ledger indexes - Jackson/Hinds Library System Newspapers published in Mississippi Gannett publications Mass media in Jackson, Mississippi Pulitzer Prize for Public Service winners