Janine Jackson
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Janine Jackson is the program director of FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
), and the co-host and co-producer of FAIR's syndicated radio show CounterSpin
--a weekly program of media criticism airing on more than 150 stations around the country.
Jackson graduated with a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College
and has an M.A. in sociology from the New School for Social Research
. She also attended University College London
. 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! Review of Press and Politics in the '90s (Westview Press). Her articles have appeared in many other publications, including In These Times
and the UAW's Solidarity, and in such books as Civil Rights Since 1787 (NYU 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 ABC's Nightline, NBC's Geraldo, and CNBC
's Inside Business, among other outlets.
In 1997 she married Jim Naureckas
, the editor of Extra!. They have one daughter.
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting is a progressive media criticism organization based in New York City, founded in 1986.FAIR describes itself on its website as "the national media watch group" and defines its mission as working to "invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity...
), and the co-host and co-producer of FAIR's syndicated radio show CounterSpin
CounterSpin
CounterSpin is a weekly, half-hour radio program produced by the progressive media watch group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting . It is hosted by Janine Jackson, Steve Rendall, and Peter Hart, and describes itself as offering "a critical examination of the major stories every week exposes what...
--a weekly program of media criticism airing on more than 150 stations around the country.
Jackson graduated with a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college in the United States, and a leader in progressive education since its founding in 1926. Located just 30 minutes north of Midtown Manhattan in southern Westchester County, New York, in the city of Yonkers, this coeducational college offers...
and has an M.A. in sociology from the New School for Social Research
The New School
The New School is a university in New York City, located mostly in Greenwich Village. From its founding in 1919 by progressive New York academics, and for most of its history, the university was known as the New School for Social Research. Between 1997 and 2005 it was known as New School University...
. She also attended University College London
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
. She became FAIR's research director in 1992.
She is a frequent contributor to FAIR's magazine Extra!
Extra!
Extra! is a monthly magazine of media criticism published by the media watch group FAIR. First published in 1987, its first full-time editor was Martin A. Lee. Since 1990, it has been edited by Jim Naureckas...
, writing frequently about media coverage of labor and economics, racism in the media, and media regulation. She co-edited The FAIR Reader: An Extra! Review of Press and Politics in the '90s (Westview Press). Her articles have appeared in many other publications, including In These Times
In These Times
In These Times is a politically progressive monthly magazine of news and opinion published by the Institute for Public Affairs in Chicago...
and the UAW's Solidarity, and in such books as Civil Rights Since 1787 (NYU Press) and Censored 2000
Project Censored
Project Censored is a non-profit, media criticism and investigative journalism project within the Sonoma State University Foundation. It is managed through the School of Social Sciences at the university....
(Seven Stories Press).
Jackson has testified to the Senate Communications Subcommittee on budget reauthorization for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a non-profit corporation created by an act of the United States Congress, funded by the United States’ federal government to promote public broadcasting...
. She has appeared on ABC's Nightline, NBC's Geraldo, and CNBC
CNBC
CNBC is a satellite and cable television business news channel in the U.S., owned and operated by NBCUniversal. The network and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provide live coverage of financial markets. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers...
's Inside Business, among other outlets.
In 1997 she married Jim Naureckas
Jim Naureckas
Jim Naureckas is the editor of Extra!, the magazine of FAIR .He graduated from Stanford University in 1985 with a bachelor's degree in political science...
, the editor of Extra!. They have one daughter.
External links
- FAIR: Janine Jackson; official bio and links to Extra! articles
- CounterSpin