Sid Salter

Sidney L. (Sid) Salter is Perspective Editor of The Clarion-Ledger and serves as a member of the newspaper's editorial board. He's been covering news in Mississippi for 35 years after getting into the business at the age of 15 in his hometown of Philadelphia, Miss. He is a member of the Mississippi Press Association's Hall of Fame. He earned a BA degree at Mississippi State University where he was a John C. Stennis Scholar in Political Science. A former associate professor and Cook Chair in Journalism on the University of Mississippi faculty, Salter was named the 2004 National Alumnus of the Year at MSU.
 
He and his wife, Leilani, have four grown children and three grandchildren. They are members of Forest United Methodist Church.