Former Southeastern Channel news and sports anchor-reporter Jaylon Morris, now co-anchor of the WXXV-TV Ch. 25 News Morning Show in Gulfport, Ms., currently hosts the popular “In Your Shoes” segment for the ABC/FOX affiliate. For “In Your Shoes”, Morris walks alongside hard-working South Mississippians to find out all about their daily jobs, such as a local dentist, waste management professionals, animal shelter volunteers a local dentist, and a local police officer. As Morning Show Host, Morris co-anchors the morning news shows from 5 am.-9 am. Mondays through Fridays, including live interviews on the set. A live stream of the Morning Show can be seen here. A 2017 Southeastern graduate, Morris was an award-winning reporter-anchor for both the Southeastern Channel’s student newscast, “Northshore News”, and sportscast, “The Big Game”, winning “Best in the South” honors for best Feature Story Reporter at the Southeast Journalism Conference, made up of 40 universities from Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, North Carolina and Georgia. He also won a first-place Mark of Excellence Award for Broadcast Sports Videography given by the Society of Professional Journalists at their 2018 Region 12 (Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee) conference in Little Rock, Ark.
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