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Jacquie Jones

Jacquie Jones was an American public television film director, producer, writer and media executive. She was an editor of the Black Film Review from 1989 to 1993. She was executive director of Black Public Media from 2005 to 2014.

Early life and education
Jacqueline Michele Jones was born April 28, 1965, in Washington D.C. Her parents were Humphrey and Claire Antoine Jones. Her family later moved to Memphis, Tennessee. Jones attended Howard University, majoring in English and minoring in African American Studies. She obtained her BA in English in 1987. Jones was editor of the Black Film Review from 1989 until 1993. She later attended Stanford University, earning a MA in documentary filmmaking in 1995. ==Career==
Career
Jones' was hired as a producer for Public Broadcasting Station, WGBH, in Boston after her graduation from Stanford University. In 1999 she was hired as senior vice president of ROJA productions. She worked at ROJA until 2003. While working for ROJA, Jones was responsible for creating new installations for the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. Jones founded the New Media Institute in 2006. She also established Public Media Corps in 2009, "which connected minority and low-income communities with broadband public media resources and social media tools." Jones published writings in various anthologies and periodicals, including the anthologies Black Popular Culture and Picturing Us: African American Identity in Photography. ==Film and television==
Awards
• Peabody Award (1998) WGBH-TV Boston. Africans in America: America’s Journey Through Slavery (PBS) • Peabody Award (2013) National Black Programming Consortium. 180 Days: A Year Inside An American High School (PBS) • Gracie Award (2013) National Black Programming Consortium. 180 Days: A Year Inside An American High School (PBS) == References ==
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