~Joyce Jackson~Joyce Jackson is the first African-American female television reporter in Oklahoma City. She was also a producer and talk show host for KOCO-TV in OKC. Her experience includes work in radio and in print as the Editor of Capital City Courier, a regional publication, in Springfield, Illinois. Jackson has a bachelor’s degree in Broadcasting from Central State University (now University of Central Oklahoma) in Edmond, Oklahoma.Joyce Jackson began her career in the Oklahoma Department of Corrections in 1982, as the Public Information Officer. She later promoted to Public Relations Officer in 1986, a position which she held until she left the agency in 1997 to become the Director of the Office of Communications for the Illinois Department of Corrections. During her tenure in Illinois, Jackson served as the Administrator of the Office of Communications for the Illinois Department of Public Aid and later as the Deputy Chief of Communications for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. Jackson returned to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, as the Executive Communications Administrator in 2005. Her responsibilities include the supervision of the agency’s public information, communications and public education efforts.She has been a consultant for the National Institute of Corrections, specializing in public and media relations since 1988. She is a member of the American Correctional Association where she has served on numerous committees to include the Board of Governors, Program Committee, Delegate Assembly, Public Information Committee and Advisory Board member of the Sheriff’s and Peace Officers Association. She is also a member of the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice and the Oklahoma Correctional Association. Jackson along with is a founder and member of the Oklahoma Association of Black Journalists. She is a contributing writer for two publications entitled “Media Relations” and “Diversity” produced by the American Correctional Association.
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