I’m the new guy in this virtual town, so I thought I should introduce myself.
I’m John Macon Gillespie, originally from Vardaman, Miss. — the Sweet Potato Capital of the World (so we say). I still moonlight as Vardaman High School’s football public address announcer on Friday nights, a post I’ve held since my junior year of high school, and even though my hometown is unbelievably small, I never shy away from where I grew up. I graduated from VHS in 2016 and finished my undergrad in journalism at Ole Miss last May. I’m currently enrolled in the journalism master’s program at Ole Miss as well because FOUR YEARS WASN’T ENOUGH TIME TO GET THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE IN OXFORD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.