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Ryan "R.L." Nave has been Reckon's editor since May 2020, when he joined to help oversee newsroom's relaunch into a brand for millennials in the South.

Prior to joining Reckon, he served as editor-in-chief of Mississippi Today, now the state’s largest newsroom. There, he was among one of the first staffers hired to start the nonprofit newsroom and served as news editor running the legislative team and overseeing coverage of criminal justice and environmental issues. Nave was also an editor and…