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»