Edwards joins Post as news reporter

Published 11:23 am Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Josh Edwards has joined The Vicksburg Post as a staff writer.

The nine-year newsroom veteran comes to Vicksburg from Mendenhall, where he was news/sports editor of the Magee Courier and Simpson County News for two years.

He previously was employed in his home state of Texas at The Paris News and The Denton Record Chronicle.

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Edwards is an alumnus of the University of North Texas where he focused on journalism and cultural anthropology.

He has won awards in news, editorial and feature writing, including for an investigative series in Mendenhall.