Dr. Rick Supports Women's Health

Dr. Richard deShazo, host of MPB's Southern Remedy radio show, moderated a panel on January 28th at Pearl River Community College Women's Health Symposium.  more» 

Sunday Morning: Bill Ellison

In-depth interview with Bill Ellison, Executive Director of the Foundation for Public Broadcasting, musician, and award-winning host of "Grassroots" on MPB radio.  more» 

Keeping Kids in School

MPB's E.D. Ronnie Agnew has been publicizing "Stop the Drop," a dropout prevention initiative to help keep Mississippi's children in school and out of a life of poverty.  more» 

MPB Promotes Child Health

MPB is promoting healthier lifestyles for children. Ed Said will rhyme, rap and dance at schools to share his message of making healthy eating choices.  more» 

Thacker Mountain Radio

"Thacker Mountain Radio," the Oxford-based music and literature radio program heard weekly on Mississippi Public Broadcasting, brought its live broadcast back to Ocean Springs.  more» 

MPB Highlights Job Opportunities

Jay Moon, president and CEO of the Mississippi Manufacturers Association, works with MPB to promote Mississippi jobs through an innovative program: "Dream it. Do it. Mississippi."  more» 

In Praise of Earthworms

MPB's Gestalt Gardener, Felder Rushing, has a favorite wild creature: the lowly earthworm. They work tirelessly, day and night, cultivating, aerating and fertilizing.  more» 

MPB Honors Three Veterans

On May 31, MPB's Mississippi Edition honored Vietnam vet and Congressman Mac Huddleston, World War II vet Milton McMullen, and Tuskegee Airman Colonel James Harvey.  more» 

"Divided We Stand" Premieres

MPB's newest documentary, sponsored by the Trent Lott Leadership Institute, explores race, religion, and reconciliation, starting May 3rd on MPB.  more» 

MSU Ragtime Festival on MPB

MPB viewers had a chance to relive the highlights of the widely acclaimed 2010 MSU Ragtime Jazz Festival ahead of the start of the 2011 Festival.  more» 

"Farm Families" Promotes MS

Farm Families of Mississippi touts product quality, safe food, and local agriculture through support for programs such as Chef Luis Bruno's cooking show on MPB.  more» 

Clinton Featured on MPB

Clinton's McNeely Plastics company is one of the high-tech Mississippi firms featured on MPB's newest six-part series, Job Hunter.  more» 

"Gulf Islands" Wins Award

MPB won an internationally-recognized film award, the CINE Golden Eagle Award, for its documentary, "The Gulf Islands: Mississippi's Wilderness Shore."  more» 

Conspiracy to Do Good

Tune into MPB-TV on Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. and again on Dec. 3 at 6 p.m. for the behind-the-scenes story of the MS Craftsmen's Guild and the MS Crafts Center.  more» 

MPB Chef Fights Obesity

MPB's Chef Luis Bruno is featured at Global Obesity Summit 2010 in Jackson, which places Mississippi on the front lines of fighting obesity and related metabolic diseases.  more» 

MPB Radio's Battle of the Bulge

How is the nationwide obesity epidemic affecting MS families, communities and businesses? Check out these links, resources and downloads to help your friends and family.  more» 

MPB Series On Science Of Gulf Oil Spill

"The Science of the Spill," a four-part series about how science is being used to manage, contain and study the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, is on MPB and a companion website.  more» 

Sucarnochee Revue Radio Show Comes to TV

The Sucarnochee Revue, the nationally syndicated radio show recorded in Alabama that highlights Black Belt music, will now have a home on MPB television as well this fall.  more» 

MS Delta featured in 'Endless Feast' Series

The Mississippi Delta is featured in an episode of the TV series "The Endless Feast" that will air at noon Sunday on Mississippi Public Broadcasting. The show explores connections of sustenance, highlighting the relationships among farmers, food artisans and chefs and locally grown, sustainable and organic foods.  more» 

MPB News Earns Five Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards

"What a tremendous honor for our news and public affairs team, and for the agency and the state of Mississippi as a whole," says Dr. Judith Lewis, MPB Executive Director. "Mississippi Public Broadcasting takes very seriously its commitment to providing information that's pertinent to the citizens of Mississippi."  more» 

After School Programs Show Major Impacts

Research shows that after school programs can make a tremendous difference in the lives of children in Mississippi. The East Biloxi Boys and Girls Club will benefit from a 21st Century Community Learning Center grant awarded to the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast that will allow program fees to be waived for more than 400 children.  more» 

Jackson-born Filmmaker Explores Race Relations

The history of segregation in Mississippi and the steps the state has made since the 1960s will be chronicled in a documentary premiering next week on MPB. "Mississippi ReMixed" was written, produced, and directed by Jackson native Myra Williams Ottewell and focuses on racial reconciliation in the state.  more» 

MPB Gets New Director

Dr. Judy Lewis has lived all over the world, but she has a preference for "Mississippi roads." It's an apt choice for the new executive director of Mississippi Public Broadcasting, which produces a show by the same name, one of Lewis' favorites. Lewis' career has taken her far afield of her hometown of Morton, in Scott County, but she is back now and glad to be here.  more»