Jacqueline Adams

As an Emmy-winning correspondent for CBS News, Jacqueline Adams covered the groundbreaking campaigns of Rev. Jesse Jackson for President and Geraldine Ferraro for Vice President.

She then spent five years as a White House correspondent during the Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations. In the 1990s, she described her beat as “mayhem and the arts,” with stories ranging from the trial of mass murderer Jeffrey Dahmer to museum exhibitions showcasing French Impressionist masters.

She launched a second career as a communications strategist advising corporate and non-profit clients. In this capacity, she played a major role in launching the internet portal Africa.com.