Janine Jackson (born January 30, 1965, in

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) is the program director of FAIR (

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), and the host and 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

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and has an M.A. in sociology from the

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. She also attended

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. She became FAIR's research director in 1992. She is a frequent contributor to FAIR's magazine ''

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'', reporting on 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 ''

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'' 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

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. She has appeared on ABC's ''

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'', NBC's '' Geraldo'', and

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's ''Inside Business'', among other outlets. In 1997 she married

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, the editor of ''

''.

References

External links

FAIR: Janine Jackson
official bio and links to
Extra!
' articles
''CounterSpin''

“The Pregnancy to Prison Pipeline”
interview on ''

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