--- description: Find out how Anna Wolfe is shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership. title: 2024 TIME100 Next: Anna Wolfe image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt628a01dbf61bd7b0/698a5b9416d884c0c8c3f282/time100-next-2024-anna-wolfe.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 02, 2024 # Anna Wolfe by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Anna Wolfe Anna WolfeWilliam Goodman Mississippi is the poorest state in the country and one of the most politically corrupt. That’s unacceptable to Anna Wolfe, fearless reporter for nonprofit news site Mississippi Today. After years of digging, she [disclosed](https://mississippitoday.org/the-backchannel/ "undefined") that top state officials doled out $77 million of welfare funds to family, friends, and political supporters. She received a Pulitzer Prize for her exposé. Her work reflects journalism’s ideals, including protecting the trust that sources place in her. When a judge ordered her to turn over privileged documents in May, she and Mississippi Today appealed to safeguard that trust. “Anna Wolfe has become a hero to many Mississippians,” says Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today editor. “She cares deeply about people who are traditionally ignored or wronged and she’s not at all afraid to take their stories directly to the power brokers who prefer to operate in the shadows.” At a time when journalism is struggling to survive, Anna reminds us why it matters. _Woodruff is a senior correspondent and the former anchor and managing editor of_ PBS News Hour Anna Wolfe is on the TIME100 Next 2024 List ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023485/anna-wolfe/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023485/anna-wolfe/"},"headline":"Anna Wolfe","datePublished":"2024-10-02T11:05:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:36:37.866Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023485/anna-wolfe/","keywords":["list","franchise","Magazine","TIME 100 Next","sponsorshipblock"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt628a01dbf61bd7b0/698a5b9416d884c0c8c3f282/time100-next-2024-anna-wolfe.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt628a01dbf61bd7b0/698a5b9416d884c0c8c3f282/time100-next-2024-anna-wolfe.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023485/anna-wolfe/","name":"Anna Wolfe"}}]}] ```