The Clarion-Ledger publishes an evening paper seven days a week. Weekly newspapers include the Jackson Advocate, Mississippi's oldest African American newspaper; Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi's only statewide business publication; and Northside Sun, serving 9,500 paid subscribers. The New Southern View is a quarterly magazine featuring articles, local information, and a community calendar for residents of the Greater Jackson metropolitan area. Several other publications available in Jackson feature regional, religious, professional, and educational material.
Jackson has 13 television stations, with additional coverage available through cable television service and stations based in surrounding communities. Eleven AM and 18 FM radio stations broadcast from Jackson.
Media Information: The Clarion-Ledger, 201 S. Congress St., Jackson, MS 39201; telephone (601)961-7000
City of Jackson Home Page. Available www.city.jackson.ms.us
The Clarion-Ledger. Available www.clarionledger.com
Hinds County Economic Development District. Available www.hcedd.com
Jackson Convention & Visitors Bureau. Available www.visitjackson.com
Jackson-Hinds Library System. Available www.jhlibrary.com
Jackson Public Schools. Available www.jackson.k12.ms.us
MetroJackson Chamber of Commerce. Available www.metrochamber.com
MetroJackson Economic Development Alliance. Available www.metroeda.com
Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Available www.mdah.state.ms.us
Brown, Jennie, Medgar Evers (Los Angeles: Holloway House, 1994)
Brown, Rosellen, Civil Wars (New York: Knopf, 1984)
Kimbrough, Julie L., Jackson, MS: Images of America Series (Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 1998)
Patterson, James, ed., and Judy H. Tucker, Wyatt Waters: Another Coat of Paint: An Artist's View of Jackson, Mississippi (Brandon, Miss.: Quail Ridge Press, 1997)