WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray,” “we,” “us” or “our”) (NYSE: GTN) and WLBT (NBC) in Jackson, Mississippi, today announced the inaugural group of participants in the Gray Media Training Center internship program. The first class includes 10 students who will begin the program in late August in conjunction with their fall school semester. The program will run for 14 weeks.

The revolutionary media training program will prepare students for today’s evolving media environment, while simultaneously improving diversity, equity, and inclusion in media. The Center will educate and train students who attend Mississippi colleges and universities, with a focus on Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the state. Students who participate in the Center’s programs will learn today’s best practices for broadcast and digital journalism. They also will receive hands-on training in production, sales, operations, IT, engineering, coding and marketing. Gray has made a commitment to invest more than one million dollars to create the training center.

We are proud to introduce the participants in the inaugural class:

1.    Delesha Banks        Alcorn State University

2.    MeKiyla Brown        Alcorn State University

3.    Joliyah Daughtry        Jackson State University

4.    Tiara Jackson        Hinds Community College (Utica)

5.    De’Nautis Liddell        Mississippi Valley State University

6.    Harmony Porter        Hinds Community College (Utica)

7.    Jasmine Puckett        Jackson State University

8.    Makyla Simmons        Jackson State University

9.    Dejona Sims        Alcorn State University

10.  Kori Ann Walters        Jackson State University

The photograph above includes all of the students as well as Michael White, Jr., the Training Center Director.

Gray Television, Inc. is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. We are the nation’s largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets in the United States. Our television stations serve 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households.  This portfolio includes 80 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second highest rated television station. We also own video program companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group (formerly Tupelo Honey), PowerNation Studios, as well as the studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.

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