Nicholas Jackson

Nicholas Jackson (born 1987) is an American author, writer, and magazine editor known for his work at The Atlantic, Outside, Atlas Obscura, and Pacific Standard, where he served as the magazine's third editor-in-chief from 2015 until its closure in 2019. He has since worked as an independent consultant, media strategist, and director of editorial for a variety of publishers, organizations, and tech start-ups. Education Jackson is a graduate of The Illinois Mathematics & Science Academy, a three-year residential high school in Aurora, Illinois, founded by Leon Lederman, where he was the 2005 commencement speaker and an editor on The Acronym, the independent, student-run newspaper. In 2009, he graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications with a bachelor's degree in journalism. Eight years later, he was profiled in Medill's alumni magazine as an editor focused on accountability journalism in the public interest and "ambitious narrative and investigative reporting." Career After graduating from Northwestern University, Jackson began his career as a reporter at Slate before joining The Atlantic in 2010 as an editor to oversee tech coverage with Alexis Madrigal and veteran correspondent James Fallows. Their approach was described as going "beyond writing about the big companies and the coolest gadgets to show how new tools and ideas are influencing the world." The following year, he launched The Atlantic's health coverage, working closely with J.J. Gould and Bob Cohn. While at The Atlantic, his work was cited by Wired, CNN, NBC News, and others. In 2012, Jackson became digital editorial director at Outside. There, he was named to Folio:'s 30 under 30 list for overseeing "100 percent growth in page views" over six months. He would be named to Folio:'s 30 under 30 list again in 2017, with editors writing that, "with limited resources, Jackson has made Pacific Standard a must-read for those interested in working toward forward-looking solutions to social and environmental problems."