The Year in Metro: Highlights from 2025 reporting
The Daily Memphian’s metro team had a busy year covering the community’s biggest stories. Photos are, from left: The National Guard patrolling in a Memphis Target store, (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian) inside 201 Poplar, (Courtesy Shelby County Sheriff’s Office) and Memphis Shelby County Schools Interim Superintendent Roderick Richmond during the first day of school. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Jane Donahoe
Jane Donahoe is The Daily Memphian’s metro editor. She has a Bachelor of Arts in communications with a concentration in newspaper editorial writing from the University of Memphis. She’s worked as an editor for several other local publications, including the Memphis Business Journal and The Daily News.
The year started with the news of the MSCS board ousting its superintendent, who held the job for less than a year, and ends amid a flurry of reporting on the Memphis Safe Task Force’s presence in the city.
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