During World War II, the newspaper was published under the name Maroon and White and operated only by the faculty between 1944 and 1945.

The original web URL was www.reflector.msstate.edu[5] The Reflector launched their non-edu website on February 02nd, 2001, swapping to the www.reflector-online.com domain.

While operating, the Reflector website has gathered various awards and honors from statewide, regional and national outlets.

It received two national NBS Aehro awards (2020[6] and 2021[7]) while managed by Brandon Grisham, the former Online editor.

The current website offers access to images, online e-editions, news articles, and podcasts.