Alumni Profile: Barbie Bassett

Originally from Marks, Barbie Bassett was reared on a farm as the last of four children. Barbie graduated from Mississippi College in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications. She received her Master of Science degree from Mississippi State University with concentration in Broadcast Meteorology in 1995. Barbie is WLBT's first Chief Meteorologist in the station's 50-year history and has been granted the Seal of Approval from the American Meteorological Society. Since being named Chief Meteorologist, Barbie has been awarded "Best Weathercast" by the Associated Press every year. She is also an adjunct instuctor of communication at Mississippi College. She was named as the 2007 Communication Department Distinguished Alumnus.

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