Apr 29, 2015: Joe Atkins: Jackson Free Press: Trouble in Mississippi

Mar 26, 2015: Clarion Ledger: Author Q&A: Joseph Atkins
t’s “Casey’s Last Chance,” and it’s Joseph Atkins’ best shot (to date) at what he calls “hardboiled noir writing,” with all the drama and action of a no-nonsense crime tale that doesn’t pretend to go soft around the edges.

Joe Atkins, professor of journalism, has taught at The University of Mississippi since 1990. He teaches courses in Advanced Reporting, International Journalism, Ethics & Social Issues, Media History and Labor & Media. Atkins is the author of Covering for the Bosses: Labor and the Southern Press, published by The University Press of Mississippi in 2008, and editor/contributing author of The Mission: Journalism, Ethics and the World, published by Iowa State University Press in 2002. He organized an international “Conference on Labor and the Southern Press” at Ole Miss in October 2003. A statewide columnist and 35-year veteran journalist, Atkins was congressional correspondent with Gannett News Service’s Washington, D.C. bureau for five years. He previously worked with newspapers in North Carolina and Mississippi. His articles have appeared in publications such as USA Today, Baltimore Sun, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Progressive Populist, Southern Exposure, Quill and the Oxford American.