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Lee Anna A. Jackson

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Liberal Arts
Editor, UR Now
  • Profile

    With a distinguished career spanning three decades, editor and writer Lee Anna A. Jackson has built an expansive portfolio across major national publications and media outlets in New York City. Her career began in broadcast journalism, working for Jack Cafferty’s Newsline New York on Fox-NY, the nationally syndicated program, A Current Affair, and Thirteen/WNET. Lee Anna went on to host a holiday special that aired on Fox NY, reported locally for BronxNet News and Meet the Mayor for the City of Yonkers, and filed satellite news reports from Holland — laying a strong foundation in storytelling, reporting, and live media production.

    Currently, Lee Anna serves as editor of the University of Richmond’s UR Now online digest. She’s written in-depth features and columns on career development, travel, culture, and consumer affairs for outlets such as Inc., Essence magazine, Yale Alumni Magazine, and Black Enterprise. Her editorial voice has also been featured in spiritually focused commentary and celebrity profiles across various platforms, including USATODAY.com, BET.com, and Jubilee Magazine. Lee Anna has held editorial roles with Message Magazine and Woman’s Day special issues, among others, and developed health-focused content for Weight Watchers, including its 2022 Black History Month initiative.

    In conjunction with her journalism and editorial work, she has taught creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College, SUNY Purchase, the Baccalaureate School for Global Education, and Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. Since 2001, she’s also worked as a senior editorial researcher and fact-checker for publications such as Yale Alumni Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Consumer Reports, Redbook, Emergence, and Ladies’ Home Journal.

    Demonstrating both range and depth as a writer, her original fiction will appear this fall in Callaloo journal, highlighting a creative evolution that spans nonfiction, cultural commentary, and literary storytelling.

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    • Professional Experience

      Editor/Writer (1995-Present)

      Editor for the University of Richmond's online weekly digest, UR Now.

      Research, interview and write career enhancement, professional development, travel, and consumer affair columns and features for national business magazines and web sites, including: Inc. Magazine; Essence magazine; Yale Alumni Magazine; New York Daily News; Black Enterprise Magazine; Pink Magazine; and Diversity. Wrote columns and commentary on contemporary issues from a spiritual perspective for Jubilee Magazine (a Times Mirror/Baltimore Sun publication); and USATODAY.com. Wrote celebrity profiles and features for a variety of magazines, newspapers and web sites: BET.com; BET Weekend; USA Weekend; Black Elegance; Martinsburg Journal.

      Contracted as content editor for WW (Weight Watchers), which included. conceptualizing and writing for their 2022 Black History Month project on Black women's health issues. Responsible for planning, editing, writing and other daily functions of managing Message Magazine (September 1995-February 1998). Also served as associate editor for Woman's Day SIPs January-November 2000). Edited various newsletters based on PBS programs and distributed to a national audience for Thirteen/WNET (April 1991-August 1994).

      Educator (2019-Present)

      • Sarah Lawrence College Writing Institute, Bronxville, NY (2022-Present)
      • Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, Stamford, CT & New York, NY (2019)
      • SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY (2019)
      • Baccalaureate School of Global Education, Astoria, NY (2018-2019)

      Senior Editorial Researcher/Reporter (2001-Present)

      Vet companies vying for a spot on the Inc. 5000 list for the last three years. Fact check and thoroughly research articles utilizing Lexis/Nexis online research tools, telephone interviews and medical, judicial and other reference sources to verify accuracy. Query editors and writers about inconsistencies and the legal department about information that could have possible legal implications.

      Publications include: Yale Alumni Magazine (May 2011 to present); Emergence (April 2020 to present); Essence Magazine (September 2019 to February 2022); Consumer Reports (May 2017 to March 2018); ReadyMade Magazine (August 2009 to June 2011); Hallmark Magazine (May 2006 to March 2009).

      Freelance factchecker since 2001 for various publications: Emergence; Cosmopolitan; Redhook; Family Circle; More; Child; Ladies' Home Journal; Bottom Line; Seventeen; Time Inc. Custom Publishing; Stuff; and Latina.