Sharon Jackson
All Things Considered Host/ReporterSharon Jackson is the local host of "All Things Considered" and a reporter for Lakeshore Public Radio. She has been with 89.1 FM since its launch in 2009. Sharon is also a radio DJ in Chicago, and has been since 2004. In her previous job at Metro Networks/Westwood One, she was heard on am 890 WLS, WGN radio 720 am and am 560 WIND. She has also delivered news and traffic reports on radio stations all over Chicago and the suburbs including 95.9 The River, 98.3 WCCQ and Star 96.7.
Sharon has a Bachelor of Arts in Communications, with an outside concentration in Psychology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She grew up in the southwest suburbs of Chicago, went to Las Vegas, Nevada for college then moved back to Chicago when she got the opportunity to be a news anchor on am 890 WLS.
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NORTHWEST INDIANA - Gas prices in Northwest Indiana have risen just under 9 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.91 per gallon on Monday,… -
LOWELL - Several Northwest Indiana Communities are getting grant funds to improve roads and bridges through the Community Crossings Matching Grant… -
MERRILLVILLE - Free immunizations, not for COVID, but for a slew of other possible infections, are set to be available for children early next month.The… -
GARY- The first recipients of the pilot program, the Guaranteed Income Validation Effort, began getting notified Monday that they will receive $500 a… -
HAMMOND - The city of Hammond is incentivizing its employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Enrolling in the program is voluntary and results in three days… -
MICHIGAN CITY - Mount Baldy at Indiana Dunes National Park, that once swallowed a 6 year-old boy digging in the sand in 2013, is now taking over the exit… -
GARY - Gary Mayor Jerome Prince is satisfied with the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial. In a released statement Prince said he, like most Americans, was… -
GARY -The Gary Human Rights Commission may start hearing cases dealing with age-based complaints, if the Gary Common Council approves a proposed amendment… -
CHESTERTON - Over 200 people protested at Chesterton Middle School on Monday in support of the LGBTQ community. The "Times" reports that's after Duneland… -
UNDATED - Three vaccines sites in Northwest Indiana were giving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at the time the state was directed by federal health…
