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Janet's Bio
JANET ALSTON JACKSON, author of the USA Book News Award
Winner, “A Cry for Light: A Journey into Love, is a
communications expert. Since 1993 she has facilitated workshops
to thousands on effective communications and finding inner
peace.
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Communications has always been Janet’s
deep love. She was a publicist for CBS and ABC Television
Networks for 17 years. She was also a manager and the West
Coast photo editor in charge of ABC’s image. When she was
with CBS, Janet worked on hundreds of prime time shows before
she headed publicity for the daytime show line up on the West
Coast which included “The Young and the Restless,” “The Bold and
the Beautiful,” and “The Price is Right.” She was the publicist
on ground-breaking television comedy series: Good Times,” “The Jeffersons,” “All in
the Family,” “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Roseanne,” “The Carol
Burnett Show.”
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In addition to working on hundreds of dramatic
television episodes, Janet has worked as a publicist on the Emmys, the Grammys ,and the People’s Choice Awards Shows.
When Janet left the entertainment
industry, she with her husband Walter, founded Believe In
Yourself, Inc., a non-profit organization raising the self
esteem of children.
Janet holds a B.A. In Broadcast
Journalism from the California State University at San Jose.
She won the Publicists Guild of America” award for her work on
the ground breaking CBS television series “Twin Peaks.” Janet
studied four years in the ministry; has also trained under
several Zen masters.
A strong advocate for children, Janet
was a Court Appointed Special Child Advocate (CASA) for the Los
Angeles Superior Court, the largest of its’ kind in the country.
She continues to serve as a board member for the Child Care
Resource Center which serves thousands of low-income
families in
Los Angeles County.
Watch Janet on YouTube
VISIT:
JANETAJACKSON.COM
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