Mildred Gaddis, a 1972 Hattiesburg High graduate, has been a broadcast journalist on the radio for 45 years and has done political commentary with CNN, CBS, NBC, and ABC. Time Magazine says Gaddis is one of the most politically astute minds in southern Michigan, where she has lived for decades. Her career began in 1975 at KENR Country Radio in Houston, then spent ten years at KMOX radio in St. Louis. She moved to Detroit after that and became well known for her “Mildred in the Morning” radio show. Gaddis has been news director at Booth Broadcasting at WJLB-FM and has served as host of “The Mildred Gaddis Show,” and has been Director of Community Affairs for Radio One’s radio cluster. Gaddis also is president and owner of Media Advantage One imaging and marketing company and is a communications professor at Wayne County Community College.
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Rated School District
3808
Student Enrollment
9
Number of Schools
96%
Graduation Rate
16:2
Hattiesburg Early Learning Collaborative student to teacher ratio