Eric Jackson
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Eric Jackson (born Colon, Panama) is a politician, journalist, and radio talk show host. His main calling is as being the chief editor of The Panama News, and the hosting of the Wappin' Radio Show. Both of which are made in Panama City, Panama.
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[edit] History
Jackson was born in Colon, Panama, where he lived with his family in the Panama Canal Zone until his family moved to Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
After holding a seat on city counsel, Jackson got into some trouble with the law for throwing red paint on military recruiters in protest against the Vietnam War. As a result he spent a short term in jail and was ordered to go back to school by a judge.
As Jackson didn't have a high school diploma, he was admitted as a special student to Eastern Michigan University, where he earned a degree in Political Science and History.
After graduation, he went on to study law at the Detroit College of Law, where he received his Juris Doctor.
After spending almost 30 years back in the United States, he returned to Panama in 1994.
[edit] Public office
While Jackson was in Michigan, he became involved with the Human Rights Party and in 1974 was elected to Ypsilanti, Michigan, city council. In 1976 he was re-elected to the position.
[edit] Literature
While in Panama, Jackson start working for a paper called The Panama News, an English language newspaper, that at the time, was in printed form. That paper went on to later become the online version of The Panama News.
In 2000, Jackson released a book entitled, 9°N, which is the approximate latitude of Panama.
[edit] The Panama News
The English reading community in Panama had been on a steady decline after the closing of the US Army Bases, making it hard for an English newspaper to survive in a country where the main language is Spanish.
The Panama News started out as a small English newspaper that catered to a small group, and as more and more of the hard copy newspapers were dying out, The Panama News launched its own website in hopes of recovering some of its readership.
Thus taking the newspaper to a place where it could be reached from anywhere in the world.
