Lee Anna Jackson

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Liberal Arts
Editor, UR Now
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      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.