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Contact:
bud@jacksongroupmedia.comMr. Jackson has established himself as one of our nation’s top-tier general and media consultants. He is the principle of The Jackson Group, an award-winning national communication and political media consulting firm based in the metro-Washington, D.C. area.
Mr. Jackson is a former partner of the Democratic media firm Bob Beckel and Associates. In December, 2000 he resigned from the partnership on principle when senior partner Beckel publicly announced his planned attempt to persuade Republican electors in Florida to change or abstain from their vote for president of the United States. “I will not condone this behavior and I refuse to be associated with a course of action that threatens to throw the presidency into a state of virtual limbo,” Jackson said when he resigned. “Vice-president Gore has specifically said that he opposes this sort of plan, and I agree with him that this is wrong.”
Prior to becoming a partner of Bob Beckel and Associates, Mr. Jackson was president of his Massachusetts Democratic consulting firm, Jackson Communications, where he consulted political candidates and corporate clients in communication strategy while providing media production services. In addition to having consulted with several media outlets, Mr. Jackson has written opinion pieces for newspapers and can be frequently seen as an on-camera political analyst for various national news networks.– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Mr. Jackson was elected by his peers to the AAPC’s Mid-Atlantic Board of Directors. In addition, Mr. Jackson received the AAPC’s first-ever awarded national Pollie Award for pro bono service. Jackson is a frequent lecturer on campaign message development and is a contributing author of Louisiana State University’s Guide to Political Communication. He is graduate of Boston University’s College of Communication.
Campaigns & Elections recognizes Bud Jackson as a Mover & Shaker.
Campaigns & Elections Magazine chose some of Jackson’s work as “The Best Political Spots of 1998”. In May 2000, the magazine devoted an entire page featuring some of Mr. Jackson’s television commercials.
In 2001, Jackson was honored with two national Telly awards for outstanding production of political and issue advertising. In 2003, he received a Pollie Award for radio advertising he produced for an Illinois gubernatorial candidate.
And in the fall of 2003, he produced the first-ever television spot designed to draft a candidate for president of the United States; less than two months after Jackson’s spot, retired four-star general Wesley Clark announced his bid for the White House.
In 2005, he received several Pollie Awards for funniest television commercial of the year in addition to awards in the best state legislative spot and overall television campaign categories.