Teresa Lee Wasson

Background

Wasson, Teresa Lee was born on September 22, 1957 in Hannibal, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Jack Merrell Wasson and Betty Lucille (Griggs) Jerman.

Education

BJ, U. Missouri, 1979.

Career

Copy editor, The Jackson (Tennessee) Sun, 1979-1980; assistant chief copy desk, The Jackson (Tennessee) Sun, 1981-1982; copy editor, The Knoxville (Tennessee) Journal, 1982; copy editor, The Tennessean, Nashville, 1982-1984; metro editor, The Tennessean, Nashville, 1985-1989; deputy managing editor, The Tennessean, Nashville, 1990-1992; news executive, Gannett Company Inc., Arlington, Virginia, 1992-1995; executive editor, Pensacola (Florida) News Journal, since 1995.

Achievements

• Teresa Lee Wasson has been listed as a noteworthy Newspaper editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member journalism advisory board U. West Florida, 1996-1997. Member of advisory county George Stone School. Member American Society Newspaper Editors, Florida Society Newspaper Editors, Panhandle Tiger Bay Club.

Interests

• Avocations: writing fiction, cooking, traveling.

Connections

Married Jeffrey L. Wilson, September 30, 1981.

Father:

Jack Merrell Wasson Jerman

Mother:

Betty Lucille (Griggs) Jerman

Spouse:

Jeffrey L. Wilson