Derrick Zane Jackson (born July 31, 1955, in

Milwaukee, Wisconsin Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at th ...

) is a nature photographer and journalist for ''

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''. Jackson's views are considered liberal, and he often addresses politics, racial as well as environmental issues in his twice-weekly column. Jackson is known for his annual columns discussing graduation rates of college football and basketball teams. During each year's

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, he devotes several columns to discussing the graduation rates of the participating teams. A native Milwaukeean and graduate of John Marshall High School, Jackson has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the

University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UW–Milwaukee, UWM, or Milwaukee) is a public urban research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is the largest university in the Milwaukee metropolitan area and a member of the University of Wiscons ...

. He attended

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on a

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in 1984, and is the recipient of various honorary degrees. Jackson has also been and integral part of Audubon's Seabird Institute (previously known as

Project Puffin Project Puffin is an effort initiated by Dr. Stephen W. Kress of the National Audubon Society to learn how to restore puffins to historic nesting islands in the Gulf of Maine. It was started in 1973 when puffins were nesting in only two locations ...

). He has worked as an instructor teaching photography at Hog Island Audubon Camp's Arts & Birding week, and has done work documenting the Seabird Institute's work with birds such as Roseate Terns and Atlantic Puffins.

Publications

In 2015, Jackson co-authored the book ''Project Puffin: The Improbable Quest to Bring a Beloved Seabird Back to Egg Rock'' with Dr. Stephen W. Kress. In 2020, they published a followup, ''The Puffin Plan – Restoring Seabirds to Egg Rock and Beyond''. The books tell the story of

, a conservation initiative from the

National Audubon Society The National Audubon Society (Audubon; ) is an American non-profit environmental organization dedicated to conservation of birds and their habitats. Located in the United States and incorporated in 1905, Audubon is one of the oldest of such organ ...

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