BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:388d8a12f8bcb83b6d0ee8d97fefcf7e69 CATEGORIES:Lunch and Learn SUMMARY:Lunch & Learn LOCATION:Embassy Suites\, 200 Township Ave\, Ridgeland, MS 39157 DESCRIPTION:
You are invited to our Lunch & Learn on March 22nd from 11:30 am - 1:00 pm at Embassy Suites in Ridgeland. Our Guest Speaker is News Anch or Howard Ballou with WLBT.
On the Tuesday afternoon before t he luncheon, join us at Old Capitol Inn from 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm for a wonder ful Member-2-Member Reception.
Howar d Ballou has been in the broadcast journalism profession for more than 30 y ears.
He has won several awards of excellence in his field, including United Pre ss International's "Best Documentary" category for a report he did on Tenne ssee Drunk Driving Legislation, three First Place Mississippi Associated Pr ess Broadcasters Awards, Best Franchise reporting for his Taking Back Our N eighborhoods series of reports since 2009.
In 2016, Ballou won Mississippi Assoc iated Press Broadcasters First Place Best Documentary for An Autograph for the Ages.
In 2007, Ballou was inducted into the Mississippi Associated Press Bro adcasters Association Hall of Fame, having anchored and reported for the to p rated 6 pm and 10 pm newscasts since 1984.
He was pr esented a resolution by the Jackson City Council in 2017, "honoring and com mending" him for "preserving excellent stewardship in news journalism."
Howard is the former President of the local chapter of th e National Association of Black Journalists and is former Regional Director for the Society of Professional Journalists/Sigma Delta Chi. He is also ve ry active in the community, serving on Boards of Directors of numerous char itable and civic organizations.
This is his second sti nt as primary anchor for the 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts at WLBT-TV. He now anc hors the 5pm newscast, as well. Howard also worked in broadcast journalism in Texas (KDFW-TV), Tennessee (WHBQ-TV), South Carolina (WFBC/WYFF-TV, WIS- TV) and North Carolina (WCCB-TV).
For two years, Ballo u anchored newscasts on two networks, Fox affiliate WDBD-TV (9pm) and NBC a ffiliate WLBT-TV (5, 6 and 10pm).
In addition to his a nchoring at WLBT-TV, he is currently a general assignment reporter and has served as producer and executive producer for the station.
Howard is married to the former Deborah Thomas and is the father of th ree sons -- Brandon, Brian, and Blair. Howard is an avid fisherman and love s to read good books and listen to good music, especially jazz and classics .
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March 22nd Lunch & Learn
*No refunds or cancellations after Monday, Mar ch 20th noon*
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