Jackson Baker
Jackson Baker is senior editor of The Memphis Flyer and a contributing editor of Memphis Magazine and the Tennessee Journal. His primary concerns are political coverage and general news; other duties include editorials, op-ed contributions, and the paper's online edition. He has worked as a reporter for the Arkansas Gazette, where he was twice jailed for refusing to reveal his sources to a Grand Jury, and as an aide in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C.. He was an assistant professor of English at the University of Memphis (where he also taught a survey course in the history of rock and roll), and taught at several other universities. for many years he was a regular invitee to the annual Conference on Consciousness sponsored by the Menninger Foundation.
Recently one of the regulars who established an audience for the WKNO-TV series Behind the Headlines, he was a panelist on the station's long-running former series Informed Sources,is a former contributing editor for WREG-TV, and has served as political analyst on every local TV station. A frequent TV commentator, he has written for such periodicals as Time Magazine, the New York Times, The Washington Monthly, and Salon.com.
Jackson has won numerous journalism awards, including nine (9) first-place Green Eyeshade Awards from the Society for Professional Journalists, and he was named by the Washington Post to its list of Best State Political Reporters, 2015. He has served as a member of the board of directors of the Memphis Rotary Club. A widower, he has four children and two grandchildren and lives at the junction point of Memphis, Cordova, Lakeland, and Arlington.
Recently one of the regulars who established an audience for the WKNO-TV series Behind the Headlines, he was a panelist on the station's long-running former series Informed Sources,is a former contributing editor for WREG-TV, and has served as political analyst on every local TV station. A frequent TV commentator, he has written for such periodicals as Time Magazine, the New York Times, The Washington Monthly, and Salon.com.
Jackson has won numerous journalism awards, including nine (9) first-place Green Eyeshade Awards from the Society for Professional Journalists, and he was named by the Washington Post to its list of Best State Political Reporters, 2015. He has served as a member of the board of directors of the Memphis Rotary Club. A widower, he has four children and two grandchildren and lives at the junction point of Memphis, Cordova, Lakeland, and Arlington.
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- Politics, Politics Beat Blog Mar 22, 2019
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If It's a Thursday Night in March, There Must Be Candidate Events
Beneficiaries of such affairs this week included city council candidates Cody Fletcher, Britney Thornton, and Chase Carlisle, and 8th District Congressman David Kustoff.
- Politics, Politics Feature Mar 21, 2019
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Clerb May Get a Legislative Windfall; “Bathroom Bill” Redux
- Politics, Politics Beat Blog Mar 18, 2019
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Mulroy to Read from New Book on Election Reform
Event is at Novel Bookstore at 6 on Tuesday. One of the issues covered is the recently (and still) controversial method of instant runoff voting (IRV).
- Politics, Politics Beat Blog Mar 15, 2019
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Tennessee General Assembly Honors John Kilzer
In the week's last legislative act, the state House of Representtives acts on a resolution by Rep. Bo Mitchell (D-Nashville).
- Politics, Politics Feature Mar 14, 2019
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Tami Sawyer Won’t Wait; Enters Memphis Mayoral Race
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