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Mike Jackson Biography

Mike Jackson is an American News Anchor who has worked at NBC4 since 1994. He has more than 40 years of broadcast experience, with his first job coming in his hometown of Charleston, WV at radio station WCHS-AM.

Mike Jackson Age

His exact age and date of birth are still under Investigation we will Update when information is available.

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Mike Jackson Height

He stands at a fair height and has a fair body weight to match his height.

Mike Jackson Education

Mike is a graduate of West Virginia State College with an Associate Arts degree in mass communication.West Virginia State University (WVSU) is a historically black public university founded in 1891 in Institute, West Virginia. In the Charleston-metro area, the school is usually referred to simply as “STATE” or “West Virginia State”. It is one of the original group of African American land-grant colleges established by the second Morrill Act of 1890, which evolved as a diverse and inclusive campus. The University is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.

The university’s Gus R. Douglass Land-Grant Institute is divided into three programmatic divisions: WVSU Extension Service, WVSU Agricultural and Environmental Research Station, and The Center for the Advancement of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (CASTEM). The WVSU Extension Service (1890 Extension) provides community and agricultural outreach throughout West Virginia via 4-H Youth Development, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Community and Economic Development, and Family and Consumer Sciences programs.

The WVSU Agricultural and Environmental Research Station (1890 Research) focuses on Aquaculture, Environmental Microbiology & Biotechnology, Horticultural Crops & Production Systems, Urban Forestry & Natural Resource Management, and Vegetable Genomics & Plant Breeding research programs. CASTEM programs encourage the state’s youth to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Network (STEM) fields to become engineers, scientists, researchers, teachers, and leaders.

Mike Jackson NBC4

He has worked at NBC4 since 1994. He has more than 40 years of broadcast experience, with his first job coming in his hometown of Charleston, WV at radio station WCHS-AM.

Mike’s first television position was at WOAY-TV in Oak Hill, WV, where he anchored the late evening news. He was also a sports reporter at WCHS-TV in Charleston, before working in Columbus the first time with the local ABC affiliate. Mike also served as operations manager and announcer for WBES-FM in Charleston, W.Va. News Director at WOAY-TV in Oak Hill, WV, and served as an evening anchor at NewsChannel 8 in Washington, DC before he returned to Columbus.

Mike proudly received a first-place award for reporting by the National Association of Black Journalists in 1993 in Washington, D.C. Other honors include four local Emmy nominations for reporting and two-second place awards for reporting by the Society of Professional Journalists. Mike was also awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from The Tribute to African American Committee.

“I have covered every presidential race since I’ve been old enough to vote,” he said. “I enjoy covering what will soon become American history. I would like to think that after more than 30 years of broadcasting, the most memorable story is still waiting to be covered.”

Mike Jackson UNFC

Mike said his first job was digging sewer lines and learning how raw sewage was treated in the summer during his high school years.“It was interesting, but it encouraged me to study a little harder in school,” Mike said.

If he wasn’t working in the television industry, Mike said he would be searching for the perfect hiking trails in North America.Mike works with the Better Business Bureau, with the Integrity Selection Committee and many fund raisers for the UNFC College Fund. He is a current board member for the King Arts Complex. He’s also a member of the Columbus Association of Black Journalists.

Mike Jackson Columbus

COLUMBUS (WCMH) — The 16th annual African American Male Wellness Walk is set to kick off Saturday morning at Livingston Park.Studies show African American men die prematurely at a higher rate than any other race and it’s often due to preventable diseases.

Advocates in Central Ohio hope to change that.The event was celebrated Thursday evening with a reception that also honored NBC 4 anchor Mike Jackson.John Gregory, Founder of the African American Male Wellness Initiative, presented Jackson with a Valor Award. “We believe you are a hero,” Gregory said. “We want you to know how much we appreciate you and appreciate you being a part of our African American Male Wellness Initiative over the past years.”

The mission is to raise awareness about preventable diseases, provide free screenings and save lives.Jackson believes high blood pressure, high cholesterol and high sugar were all relevant risk factors that contributed to the stroke he suffered in January.

At the African American Male Wellness Walk on Saturday there will be 100 health screeners and 40 doctors on hand to help people get tested. As a community, African Americans have higher rates of all three risk factors than the general population.“I can’t wait to be there on Saturday and I like educating other people about it – ignorance is not bliss when it comes to your health,” Jackson said.

Jackson has been a strong supporter of the walk for years. In the wake of his stroke, he is having to re-learn how to walk and says he’s learning how to rely on the support of others. “All of us love and depend on others and as much as sometimes we try to separate ourselves from the noise and the crowd – there’s very little any of us can achieve without the help and love of other people,” he said.NBC4 is proud to partner with the 2019 African American Male Wellness Walk.

The walk has been a wake-up call for so many men across central Ohio.