Caption: Jackie Thomas, Jackie (Jacqueline) Thomas can't imagine living anywhere else but downtown Detroit. The transplanted Chicagoan, 37, wishes she could share her love of Detroit with readers who often complain the editorial pages are down on the City. Responsabilities: Oversees the day-to-day operation of the opposite-editorial page, as well as coordinating letters to the editor. Writes editorials. How to reach her: 222-7841. Hometown: Chicago. Education: Briarcliff College in New York. Master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University. Nieman Journalism Fellow, Harvard University. Avocations: Writing fiction, reading fiction by women authors, jazz and blues. Where she lives: Detroit. Last book read: "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison. On newspapering: "I was always nosy and it was a perfect way to be paid for being nosy.. The editorial page is one of the ways a newspaper hangs on to its identity, and it does that with well-researched, thoughtful, forceful editorials that leave no doubt in the reader's mind where we stand.".
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