About Us | Jackson Mississippi - The Clarion-Ledger About Us About The Clarion-Ledger The Clarion-Ledger, Mississippi’s largest newspaper, was founded in 1837 as the Eastern Clarion in Paulding in Jasper County In 1863, it became the Daily Clarion and moved to Meridian In 1865, the paper moved to Jackson and the paper’s named changed again to the State-Ledger