Entries by Jim Albritton (584)

Sunday
Oct212012

MSU & Ole Miss Videos | 'Our Kids Got Game' Bracelets Benefit Batson Children's Hospital 

Mississippi State University and the University of Mississippi have joined with Batson Children's Hospital to promote the "Our Kids Got Game" bracelet campaign which raises money for Mississippi's only children's hospital. For a $5 donation fans receive a maroon and white or red and blue bracelet with school logos, the hospital name and the "Our Kids Got Game" slogan. Here are the promo videos that appear on the jumbotrons at the respective schools.  

Sunday
Oct212012

Photos of Mississippi State University's 2012 Homecoming Game

Go to our Facebook Photo Gallery to see photos Mississippi State University's 2012 Homecoming Game against Middle Tennessee State University. Click here to see all our photo albums. A video news story about the "Our Kids Got Game" campaign benefiting Batson Children's Hospital will also be posted soon.


Sunday
Oct212012

Photos of the 'Pilot for a Day' Program at Columbus Air Force Base

Go to our Facebook Photo Gallery to see photos of downtown Columbus, Mississippi. Click here to see all our photo albums. A video news story will also be posted soon.


Sunday
Oct212012

Photos of Downtown Columbus, Mississippi

 

Go to our Facebook Photo Gallery to see photos of downtown Columbus, Mississippi. Click here to see all our photo albums.

Monday
Oct152012

2012 Renaissance Euro Fest Classic European Auto and Motorcycle Show Draws Thousands to Ridgeland

Produced by Jim Albritton | The 2012 Renaissance Euro Fest Classic European Auto and Motorcycle Show brought thousands to Ridgeland, Mississippi to see some of the best-known and most sought-after classic cars from Europe. About 150 cars, from five countries and eight states were on display at the fourth annual event. | http://euro-fest.net

Sunday
Oct072012

Photos of the 2012 Renaissance Euro Fest Classic European Auto & Motorcycle Show

Links to photos of several 2012 Renaissance Euro Fest events are below. Video news stories about the fourth annual event are coming soon. 

Go to our Facebook Photo Gallery to see photos of the 2012 Renaissance Euro Fest Auto and Motorcycle ShowClick here to see all our photo albums.

Go to our Facebook Photo Gallery to see photos of the 2012 Renaissance Euro Fest Auto and Motorcycle Show Natchez Trace DriveClick here to see all our photo albums.

Go to our Facebook Photo Gallery to see photos of Team Ferrari's arrival at the 2012 Renaissance Euro Fest Auto and Motorcycle ShowClick here to see all our photo albums.

Wednesday
Sep192012

Stennis Space Center Bids Endeavour a Jimmy Buffett Style, Magnolia State Goodbye

Produced by Jim Albritton | Hundreds of visitors and employees turned out at the John C. Stennis Space Center to bid farewell to the Space Shuttle Endeavour as it passed 1,500 feet overhead, atop a modified 747, headed for its new home at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. This final flight, which marks the end of NASA's shuttle program, also highlights the crucial role Stennis has held for more than 30 years. For information about Stennis Space Center tours and to learn more about its Infinity Science Center, go to http://visitinfinity.com

Go to our Facebook Photo Gallery to see photos of the Space Shuttle Endeavour's flyover of the John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi. Click here to see all our photo albums. Our video news story about the event is coming soon. 


 

Wednesday
Sep122012

NYC | Empire State of Mind

Produced by Jim Albritton | Celebrating all-things New York City with Alicia Keys' Empire State of Mind on the 11th anniversary on 911. 

Tuesday
Sep112012

Renaissance Euro Fest Classic European Auto & Motorcycle Show Returns to Ridgeland October 6

Produced by Jim Albritton | The Renaissance Euro Fest Classic European Auto and Motorcycle Show returns to Ridgeland, Mississippi on Saturday, October 6, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Go to our Facebook Photo Gallery to see photos from the 2010 and 2011 Renaissance Euro Fest Auto and Motorcycle Show. Click here to see all our photo albums. 

Go to our Facebook Photo Gallery to see photos of Team Ferrari at Renaissance Euro Fest Auto and Motorcycle Show. Click here to see all our photo albums. 

Monday
Sep102012

Ross Barnett Reservoir Sunset from Goshen Springs and Fannin Landing 

See our sunset photos in our Facebook Photo Gallery. These Newsocracy.TV photos are of sunset at the Ross Barnett Reservoir from the "Linda Lou Lake" area near Goshen Springs, Mississippi and Fannin Landing in Brandon, Mississippi on September 10, 2012. 

Click here to see all our sunset photo albums on Facebook. 

Sunset on the Ross Barnett Reservoir near Goshen Springs, Mississippi.

 

 

Sunday
Sep092012

Law Enforcement Officers, Trainees Unite for Batson Children's Hospital Run

Produced by Jim Albritton | Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann led trainees and alumni from the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Training Academy on a one-mile run from Millsaps College to Batson Children's Hospital. Each participant donated money to the state's only children's hospital at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Patients and staff greeted them at the hospital's entrance and accepted more than $1,600. This is the third MLEOTA run benefitting the Jackson hospital. 

Go to our Facebook Photo Gallery to see photos of the MLEOTA run to Batson Children's Hospital. Click here to see all our photo albums. 

 

 

Friday
Sep072012

Good Neighbor Day | A Jackson Florist Planted a Seed That's Blossomed Around the World

Produced by Jim Albritton | Like so many things, Good Neighbor Day started in Mississippi and spread around the world. In 1994, Brook Jacobs Sr, a florist and owner of Greenbrook Flowers in Jackson, had a simple idea that caught on and blossomed quickly.

Go to our Facebook Photo Gallery to see photos of the 2012 Good Neighbor Day at Greenbrook Flowers in Jackson, Mississippi. 

Good Neighbor Day 2012 at Greenbrook Flowers in Jackson, Mississippi.

 

Monday
Aug272012

Mississippi's Gulf Coast | Katrina +7

Produced by Jim Albritton | As Hurricane Issac heads toward the northern Gulf Coast, here's a look back at the devastation Hurricane Katrina's 32-foot storm surge wreaked on Mississippi's coastline (AKA the landmass between New Orleans and Mobile on The Weather Channel) in 2005.  

Saturday
Aug182012

Soak up the Sun | Sunsets at the Ross Barnett Reservoir | Brandon, Mississippi

Produced by Jim Albritton | 278 images of sunsets at the Ross Barnett Reservoir in Brandon, Mississippi set to Sheryl Crow's "Soak Up the Sun."  | See all our sunsets at http://facebook.com/newsocracy/photos.

Wednesday
Aug152012

Mississippi Swashbucklers, Blade Runner Go for Gold at 2012 Paralympics in London

Produced by Jim Albritton  | Three Mississippians—two wheelchair fencers and a track and field athlete—are headed to the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. The Paralympians are all former Methodist Rehabilitation Center patients. The Jackson hospital's therapeutic recreation director will also be in the British capital, serving as team leader for the USA wheelchair fencing team. 

Go to our Facebook Photo Gallery to see photos of Methodist Rehabilitation Center's 2012 Paralympic Team.

Wheelchair fencers at Methodist Rehabilitation Center in Jackson, Mississippi.