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ABOUT HUGH JACKSON

Hugh Jackson, your Gleaner, is an experienced editor, reporter and columnist. He was a senior editor at Las Vegas CityLife, editor of the Las Vegas Business Press, and assistant managing editor at the Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune.

From 2001 to 2005, Jackson worked on national energy and environmental issues as a senior policy analyst for Public Citizen, the consumer and public interest organization.

He's been quoted in publications nationwide including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Boston Globe, U.S. News and World Report, American Prospect, Mother Jones and Village Voice. Now he gleans.