Mason Mills has been a producer and director for the Community Idea Stations for 15 years. He is the producer of many programs including No Higher Honor: Governor Baliles, and Terri Allard and Friends in Concert. He has also produced a music series The Music Seen, the art series Junction 301 and the comedy special Laughing Matters with Brett Leake, all of which are distributed nationally by American Public Television (APT). Mills is currently working on a documentary about the first elected African American governor, Wilder: An American First.

Mills contributes to the newsmagazine program Virginia Currents on a regular basis. He has won numerous awards including a regional Emmy.