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About Jack Jackson

I'm an American journalist based in Denmark since 1995.

I write and edit for several print and web publications, and I teach and coach other journalists as well. In my writing, whether I'm dealing with a global policy trend or a small community, I try to make the story as vibrant and alive as it is for the real people involved.

I was trained in the nuts and bolts of journalism on newspapers in the United States, and I learned the theoretical part at two US universities. I've been a professional freelance journalist since 1994.

I deliver clean copy on time. I absorb briefs quickly, and I keep the end readers in mind.
I speak Danish fluently and I have a broad professional network in Scandinavia and the United States.

  
 


Jack Jackson - Brief CV Professional Experience
1995-present Freelance Journalist, Denmark
    • Write features and human interest stories for consumer publications including International Herald Tribune, Saveur, Modern Maturity, Miami Herald

    • Business journalist: Trends, management and business issues, technical features, profiles and White Papers for Appelberg Publishing Agency, Novo Nordisk, Microsoft Business Solutions and other clients

    • Authored articles, essays, and regional travelogues for TimeOut Copenhagen (Penguin 2003), Insight Guides: Denmark and Insight Guides: Scandinavia (APA Publications, London, 2000 and 2001). Updated Insight Pocket Guide: Denmark (APA Publications 2001)

    • Special Features writer and Offshore Editor, Windpower Monthly News Magazine: the International Business Magazine of Wind Energy Development. Write and edit articles from global correspondents on business, policy and development topics of wind energy around the world (1997 - present). Assistant Editor, Windstats Newsletter (2001 - present)

    • Co-author, World Bank case study of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism: "Journalistic legwork that tumbled a president - A case study and guide for investigative journalists" (2001)

    • Guest teacher, Danish School of Journalism, workshops and courses with international students, such as the production of political magazine Euroviews

    • Freelance Journalist, New Orleans, 1994-1995: Wrote feature and business stories for the Times-Picayune, New Orleans City Business, New Orleans Magazine, OffBeat, Where and others.

      Education

    • Master of Arts in Journalism, 1993, University of Missouri. Thesis: Rock Journalism: Mapping Society Through Music

    • Bachelor of Arts in Technical Journalism, 1990, Colorado State University. Cum laude. Music minor.


      Professional affiliations

    • Danish Union of Journalists (Dansk Journalistforbund)

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