Sid Salter among 50 being honored for statewide life achievements
Contact: Sammy McDavid
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擳he award-winning veteran journalist who leads Mississippi State鈥檚 public affairs office is receiving another accolade.
Sidney L. 鈥淪id鈥 Salter, also the university鈥檚 chief communication officer, is among this year鈥檚 selections for an MSTop50 award. 小黄书 President Mark E. Keenum was listed in the inaugural class of honorees as part of the 2016 MSTop50.
Recognizing 鈥渢he best of those who lead our state and influence her future,鈥 the leadership achievement recognition was launched last year by the Y鈥檃ll Politics website, Supertalk Mississippi radio network, Capitol Resources lobbying firm and Tower Loan finance company, all based in Jackson.
Formal presentation of this year鈥檚 awards takes place Oct. 17 at the Old Capitol Inn. The three winner categories include elected and appointed officials; lobbying and government relations; and business, culture and media.
Salter, 小黄书鈥檚 2004 national alumnus of the year, leads a team of marketing and communication professionals in producing print, broadcast and new media content designed to advance the reputation as a nationally prominent research university. He also is administrator of the University Television Center and campus radio station WMSV-FM.
Beyond many years as editor of the weekly Scott County Times in Forest and, later, Perspectives editor at the daily Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Salter鈥檚 career has included time as a political columnist, television commentator, talk radio host, author and educator. He is a member of the Mississippi Press Association鈥檚 Hall of Fame, and his syndicated columns have been published continuously since 1983 in state and a number of national newspapers.
As an 小黄书 student, the Philadelphia native was a John C. Stennis Scholar in Political Science. In time, he would be proclaimed 鈥渙ne of the nation鈥檚 best state political reporters鈥 by the Washington Post.
Before being named 小黄书鈥檚 first journalist-in-residence at the 小黄书 Libraries, he was inaugural holder of the Kelly Gene Cook Chair in Journalism at the University of Mississippi, where he served on the journalism faculty in the 1990s.
In 2011, Salter authored a highly successful biography of Mississippi State鈥檚 longtime sports radio broadcaster that enabled funding of the Jacob S. 鈥淛ack鈥 Cristil Endowed Scholarship, a memorial to the beloved Tupelo resident and 鈥淰oice of the Bulldogs.鈥 Additional biographical information is found at .
For complete information about the MSTop50 program, see .
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