Jamie Jackson
ReporterJamie is an award-winning, Emmy nominated broadcast journalist who serves as a host and reporter for WJCT Public Media.
He began his broadcast career in television in high school as a reporter trainee at WPXI Channel 11, the NBC affiliate in Pittsburgh. He went on to work as a television news anchor, reporter, producer and radio host for CBS, NBC, ABC, PBS, TBN and NPR affiliates in Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Kansas, Florida and Indiana.
For several years in high school and college, he worked as a columnist for The Pittsburgh Courier, a historic African American newspaper in Pennsylvania. Jamie also worked as a communications director and press secretary in the U.S. House of Representatives. He currently serves as host of “Just In With Jamie Jackson” for American Urban Radio Networks and previously covered the White House for AURN as a correspondent.
Jamie’s work has been met with recognition and awards from several organizations including, the Indiana Broadcast Association, the NAACP, the Virginia Farm Bureau and the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He has volunteered for several charities including United Way, the Hanna Community Center, Read to Succeed and Habitat for Humanity.
Jamie holds a bachelor's degree in justice studies and been a guest lecturer at West Chester University and Wheaton College.
He’s the CEO of The Jackson Dream Homes Team, a real estate company based in Jacksonville.
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The Southern Baptist Convention took steps this week to address a sex abuse controversy at churches across the country, including 10 in Northeast Florida. -
Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed at least two sheriffs since taking office: in Clay County and and Broward County. Neither were candidates for the office when they were appointed. -
Four in 10 Floridians surveyed by the AAA auto club said gas prices might keep them from leaving. The news came as forecasters suggested a potential storm in the Gulf could track toward Florida. -
The Jacksonville Transportation Authority said hours will be extended on Fridays and the car queue will be more efficient. -
Photographer Agnes Lopez, a Filipino American woman who grew up in Jacksonville, says her goal was to highlight the artists in her community in a way that’s not been done before. -
The Dinosaur Explorer traveling exhibit includes 24 displays about the prehistoric reptiles, including the depiction of feathers, one of the latest scientific theories about velociraptor, tyrannosaurus and others. -
The Mother’s Milk Bank of Florida has gone from receiving a dozen calls a week to a dozen calls a day. -
The Northside Coalition of Jacksonville organized a rally Monday to mourn the dead in Buffalo and to call again for the removal of Confederate monuments. -
Officials at Jacksonville International Airport say they don't expect disruption from a nationwide pilot shortage — at least right now. -
The Northeast Florida Safety Council organized Workers Memorial Day on Thursday to remember people killed on the job.
