Investigative journalist and Texarkana native Jerry Mitchell presents a lecture and book-signing on Thursday, February 27, 7:00 p.m. in Eagle Hall inside the University Center building. The program is free and open to the public and light refreshments will be served.

Mitchell was an investigative reporter for over 30 years at The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Mississippi. His stories have helped put four Klansmen and a serial killer behind bars. Mitchell is the winner of more than thirty national awards, including a MacArthur “Genius Grant,” the George Polk Award, Columbia’s John Chancellor Award, and the Sidney Hillman Prize. He is also a Pulitzer Prize finalist and a longtime member of Investigative Reporters & Editors.

In 2019, Mitchell left The Clarion-Ledger and founded the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting. Race Against Time is his first book.

The program is presented by Texas A&M University-Texarkana’s department of Literature, Composition, and Mass Communications and the Program for Learning And Community Engagement (PLACE).