Y'all Politics

{{short description|Mississippi political website}}

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| language = English

| dissolved = 2022

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| successor = The Magnolia Tribune

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| creator = Alan Lange

| editor = Alan Lange

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Y'all Politics was a for-profit political blog focused on political news in Mississippi until 2022. Originally founded in 2004 by Alan Lange to cover the 2005 Jackson mayoral race,{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://yallpolitics.com/about-us/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110080603/https://yallpolitics.com/about-us/ |archive-date=November 10, 2022 |access-date=September 30, 2019 |website=Y'all Politics |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Fekula |first=Alex |date=October 31, 2011 |title=Y'all Politics |url=https://www.cjr.org/news_startups_guide/2011/10/yall-politics.php/ |access-date=September 30, 2019 |work=Columbia Journalism Review |language=en}} the publication documented Mississippi politics from a conservative perspective.{{Cite web |last=Ganucheau |first=Adam |date=December 27, 2022 |title=Conservative group leader to launch nonprofit news outlet |url=https://mississippitoday.org/2022/12/27/mississippi-conservative-news-outlet/ |access-date=January 12, 2025 |website=Mississippi Today |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Smiley |first=Lauren |date=February 26, 2019 |title=As You Like It |url=https://www.cjr.org/special_report/as-you-like-it.php |access-date=January 12, 2025 |website=Columbia Journalism Review |language=en |quote=Recently, she entered a partnership with Y’all Politics, a conservative site covering Mississippi.}} The site conducted polling on statewide political issues.{{Cite web |last=Corder |first=Frank |date=May 14, 2020 |title=Mississippians give Tate Reeves high marks for COVID-19 response in new poll |url=https://magnoliatribune.com/2020/05/14/mississippians-give-tate-reeves-high-marks-for-covid-19-response-in-new-poll/ |access-date=June 28, 2021 |website=Y'all Politics |language=en-US}} In 2013, it was named one of the best state-based political blogs by Chris Cillizza of The Washington Post.{{Cite news |last=Cillizza |first=Chris |date=March 12, 2013 |title=The Fix's best state based political blogs — extended edition! |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2013/03/12/the-fixs-best-state-based-political-blogs-extended-edition/ |access-date=September 30, 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=}}

Y'all Politics staff members were featured in a variety of media outlets as experts on Mississippi politics.{{Cite web |date=May 9, 2021 |title=Mississippi Insight for May 9, 2021: Lange and Ramseth |url=https://www.wjtv.com/news/mississippi-insight/mississippi-insight-for-may-9-2021-lange-and-ramseth/ |access-date=June 28, 2021 |website=WJTV |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=November 4, 2019 |title=Alan Lange from Y'all Politics Gives His Take on Tomorrow's Election |url=https://www.supertalk.fm/alan-lange-from-yall-politics-gives-his-take-on-tomorrows-election-189538/ |access-date=June 28, 2021 |website=Supertalk Mississippi |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |date=February 4, 2021 |title=Frank Corder from Y'all Politics on recent polling of Mississippi republicans |url=https://www.wlox.com/video/2021/02/04/frank-corder-yall-politics-recent-polling-mississippi-republicans/ |access-date=January 11, 2025 |work=WLOX}}{{Cite web |title=Frank Corder |url=https://www.toddstarnes.com/author/frank-corder/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301105840/https://www.toddstarnes.com/author/frank-corder/ |archive-date=March 1, 2024 |access-date=June 28, 2021 |website=Todd Starnes |language=en-US}} Staff members included Lange, Frank Corder, a former Pascagoula city councilman, Sarah Ulmer, and Anne Summerhays at the time of closing.

Magnolia Tribune

Launched by Russ Latino, the president of Empower Mississippi, the nonprofit news organization The Magnolia Tribune absorbed the assets of Y'all Politics in December 2022.{{Cite web |last=Corder |first=Frank |date=December 30, 2022 |title=End of an era in Mississippi media as Y'all Politics gives way to Magnolia Tribune |url=https://magnoliatribune.com/2022/12/30/end-of-an-era-in-mississippi-media-as-yall-politics-gives-way-to-magnolia-tribune/ |access-date=November 7, 2023 |website=Magnolia Tribune |language=en}} Alan Lange stepped away from the new organization, but the rest of the Y'all Politics staff transferred to the new publication.{{cite web |title=Staff & Contributors |url=https://magnoliatribune.com/our-team/ |access-date=November 7, 2023 |website=Magnolia Tribune}}

The news organization began producing articles in January 2023. The Tribune features a much larger staff compared to Y'all Politics and covers news, business, culture, opinion, and issues.{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://magnoliatribune.com/ |access-date=January 12, 2025 |website=Magnolia Tribune |language=en-US}}

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