Sept. 30, 2016 — A Mississippi Today conversation in partnership with the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics at the University of Mississippi was held at Nutt Auditorium. Panelists included former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, broadcast journalist and author Tom Brokaw, former Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford and NBC News Chairman Andy Lack. The conversation was moderated by WLBT anchorwoman Maggie Wade.


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