AUTHOR

MUSIC

Senior Editor at DittyTV / Local music advocate / Hosted "The Listening Room" radio show on WVRU / Hosting a YouTube show featuring musicians

OUTDOORS

Co-author of Guide to the Natchez Trace Parkway / Former Senior Acquisitions Editor at AdventureKEEN / Former Editor of Canoe & Kayak magazine / Published in Blue Ridge Outdoors

SPORTS

Author of Gone Pro: North Carolina / Regular guest on Asheville FM's "Steve Sax Syndrome" / Graduate of the University of Alabama and lifetime Bama football fan

TRAVEL

Travel pieces published in Suburu's Drive magazine and The Roanoke Times and more / Motorcycle owner / Coauthor of Guide to the Natchez Trace Parkway / contributor at Madden Media

PROFILES

From entrepreneurs to artists to restaurateurs / Past President of the NRV Elite chapter of BNI, Inc.

HISTORY

Co-author of Weaverville (Images of America) / Familiarity with architecture and antiques / Worked for Antique Monthly and Southern Living House Plans magazines

FOOD

Copyedited and fact-checked AllRecipes.com, Recipe.com, and BetterHomesAndGardens.com / Former copy chief for Cooking Light magazine

ABOUT

Tim W. Jackson's career in publishing started at age 17, when he began writing sports for his hometown newspaper, The Franklin County Times, in Alabama. He went on to the University of Alabama where he became Assistant Sports Editor for the school paper and then Editor of its arts & entertainment weekly before getting a job at Antique Monthly, which was in Tuscaloosa at the time.. Since then he's worked for Southern Living, Cooking Light, and Canoe & Kayak magazines, and as Senior Acquisitions Editor for AdventureKEEN. Based in Tuscumbia, Alabama, Tim's now freelancing full-time. He enjoys watching sports, playing and/or listening to music, and spending time with his family--wife Taryn, daughter Anna, dogs Holly and Timber, and rabbit Kiwi. Tim has tremendous interest in issues of the environment, prison reform, healthcare for all, and social justice.

  • LINKS

    WHERE I GO

    The web is a scary place. Here’s the good stuff.

    Entertainment, Sports,Tech, & Culture:
    – ESPN
    – Rolltide.com
    – DittyTV
    – Rolling Stone
    – No Depression
    – Bitter Southerner
    – Scalawag
    – Oxford American

    News & Information:
    – Democracy Now!
    – Common Dreams
    – Al Jazeera America
    – The Atlantic
    – The Guardian
    – The Nation
    – Mother Jones
    – Utne Reader

  • MUSIC

    WHAT I LISTEN TO

    I love music. I enjoy everything from composer Erik Satie to standards and crooners to current artists Having come of age, so to speak, in the 1980s, music from that decade holds a special place in my musical interests. Having grown up near—and returned to—the Shoals area of Alabama, a special shout-out to some current Alabama musicians: Jason Isbell, John Paul White, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, The Alabama Shakes, Caleb Elliott, Speckled Bird, and The Secret Sisters, to name a few.

    All-time favorites include The Beatles, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Billy Joel, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Prince, Hall & Oates, Luther Vandross, R.E.M., Alice in Chains, Beck, Johnny Cash, Ella Fitzgerald, Lyle Lovett, and Bonnie Raitt.

  • TEXT

    WHAT I READ

    I have an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Goucher College, and nonfiction is pretty much all I read, including books but also a bunch of magazines.

    A few of my favorite authors include:
    – Rick Bragg
    – Bill Bryson
    – Timothy Egan
    – A.J. Jacobs
    – Chuck Klosterman
    – Mary Roach
    – David Sedaris
    – Matt Taibbi
    – Sarah Vowell

  • BUY

    WHERE TO SHOP

    You can purchase copies of my books, Guide to the Natchez Trace Parkway, Weaverville: Images of America and Gone Pro North Carolina, via online retailers such as Amazon and Powells. As always, I’d encourage you to check with Bookshop and/or your local independent bookstore first.

PORTFOLIO

Work History // AdventureKEEN, The Asheville Post, The Laurel of Asheville, Radford University, Canoe & Kayak, Cooking Light, Southern Living, Antique Monthly

NEWS

Where's Tim? // Stay tuned here for for book signings and events!

APPEARANCES

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CATEGORIES

CONTACT

Address // Tuscumbia, AL 35674

Telephone // (540) 230-7076