Cheryl Owsley Jackson



What role will impeachment hearings play in the 2020 election? How is the Democratic primary race influencing President Trump’s poll ratings? Does any Democratic presidential candidate beside the three frontrunners have a chance? How will Democratic Party rule changes influence primary delegations? What surprises might we anticipate?

These were the issues discussed last week, exactly one year out from the 2020 election, by Emerson faculty, students, alumni, and friends gathered at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

The evening featured a panel of alumni and faculty experts, including:

• Susan Del Percio ’90, MA ’91, founder and principal of Susan Del Percio Strategies, MSNBC political analyst
• Larry Rasky ’78, chairman and CEO of Rasky Partners, former Biden campaign staffer and current treasurer of the Unite the Country Super-PAC.
• Cheryl Owsley-Jackson, Emerson College journalist-in-residence, former Washington DC video news director for Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism
• Spencer Kimball, Political Communication assistant professor at Emerson, director of Emerson Polling
• Kathleen Kendall, research professor at University of Maryland, professor emerita at University of Albany, SUNY

 

Cheryl Jackson is a Journalist-In-Residence at Emerson College.

She has worked at CNN as a correspondent, as a writer for Racing for Diversity Magazine, and wrote the diversity column called, “It Takes All Kinds,” for more than a decade.

Cheryl has also taught at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and at Indiana University.

She has led anti-racism training with the staff and students at some of the top journalism colleges in the country such as Northwestern University, Indiana University, Emerson College, and some non-journalism schools like Harvard.

Cheryl has years of experience as a media consultant and crisis manager.

She has trained police officers, firemen, and school officials in diversity competence.

She was the diversity coordinator for an entire school system, organizing training for educating students and staff. She ultimately became a trainer’s trainer in the process so that she could do much of the training herself. 

Cheryl has had decades of professional diversity training, including the social status of black males, gender identities, poverty understanding, anti-racism, immigrant immersion, and the understanding of social class.

However, none of that has been as important as growing up in Columbus, Indiana, where the Ku Klux Klan was still marching through the streets when she was growing up there.

She is comfortable asking the questions that help elevate the stories and voices of all races. That was the goal of the column she wrote for a decade, “It Takes All Kinds,” for the Columbus Republic.

Cheryl understands systematic racism and the impact of the personal attacks. It has been her life’s work to try to create powerful, emotional stories to help people understand each other.

The Indiana School of Journalism teamed up with the National Press Club to look at the future of the news media and how to protect its core values in special forum at IUPUI.

Dennis Ryerson, Indianapolis Star, Cheryl Jackson, WRTV
As part of its 100th anniversary, the National Press Club is presenting “The Centennial Forum on The First Amendment, Freedom of the Press and the Future of Journalism" around the country. 



 





• The origins and persistence of institutional racism in the U.S., and how its driven by individual racism
• The legacy and manifestation of white privilege
• The definition and nuances of racism, and what we get wrong about it
• What white people can do to understand and combat racism



Cheryl was honored, along with other African American activists from her hometown of Columbus, Indiana, for her years of diversity and justice work in the community by the Leaders of the African American Fund of Bartholomew County. The exhibit “Giving Back: The Soul of Philanthropy, Reframed and Exhibited," was on display at the Columbus Commons.

Cheryl Jackson interviews Mellody Hobson of Ariel Mutual Funds. Hobson is a regular contributor on financial issues for ABC's Good Morning America.

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