Education
Jackson graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Sarah Lawrence College and has an Master of Arts She also attended University College London.
Jackson graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Sarah Lawrence College and has an Master of Arts She also attended University College London.
In sociology from the New School for Social Research. She became FAIR"s research director in 1992. She is a frequent contributor to FAIR"s magazine Extra!, writing frequently about media coverage of labor and economics, racism in the media, and media regulation.
She co-edited The FAIR Reader: An Extra! Her articles have appeared in many other publications, including In These Times and the United Auto Workers"s Solidarity, and in such books as Civil Rights Since 1787 (New York University Press) and Censored 2000 (Seven Stories Press).
Jackson has testified to the Senate Communications Subcommittee on budget reauthorization for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. She has appeared on American Broadcasting Company"s Nightline, National Broadcasting Company"s Geraldo, and Consumer News and Business Channel"s Inside Business, among other outlets.
They have one daughter.
Review of Press and Politics in the "90s (Westview Press).