Jacqueline Leo

Jacqueline Leo is a magazine editor and media producer.

Career

Jacqueline Leo is Senior Advisor for Business Development at "iAmplify.com", a Web-based content source and syndication network providing tools and distribution for leading authors, celebrities and media companies to publish audio and video content over the internet. [ [http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/04/technology/kirkpatritck_iamplify.fortune/index.htm Searching for online video's holy grail - Feb. 4, 2008 ] ] . Ms. Leo has worked in a variety of media: She was Vice President of Editorial Operations, Sales and Marketing for Meredith Interactive where she oversaw the digital development of "Better Homes and Gardens (magazine)" and "Ladies' Home Journal"; she was Senior Producer and Editorial Director for ABC News’ Good Morning America [ [http://onthemedia.org/yore/transcripts/transcripts_090101_digest.html On the Media from NPR, Reader's Digest] ] ; she served as Editorial Director for "Consumer Reports" magazine and all of their varied media products.

After spending years in the magazine and newspaper business, Ms. Leo founded and launched "Child (magazine)" in 1986. After acquiring the magazine, The New York Times Magazine Group appointed her Editor-in-Chief of Family Circle magazine. Under her leadership, an article on toxic waste dumping won the 1990 National Magazine Award for Public Interest, the first time that a woman’s magazine ever received the honor. She later became Editorial Director of The New York Times Women’s Magazine Group, where she launched "Fitness" magazine, and a variety of special interest publications.

From 2001 through November 2007, Ms. Leo was Vice President and Editor-in-Chief of "Reader's Digest," [ [http://www.prnewswire.ca/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-14-2001/0001554628&EDATE= Jacqueline Leo Named Editor-in-Chief of Reader's Digest] ] the largest paid circulation magazine in the U.S., with a readership of 38 million. She was responsible for converting the magazine from reprints to original content, and introducing contemporary graphics, columns and features in the magazine.

Leo is currently writing a book on the number 7 with math professor Edward Burger. [ [http://www.observer.com/2008/book-seven-sold-twelve Book on the Number Seven Sold to Twelve] ]

Awards and honors

Jacqueline Leo has won a number of awards, and has served in leadership positions with media organizations. She is a former President of the American Society of Magazine Editors [ [http://aejmcmagazine.bsu.edu/journal/archive/Fall_1999/Prijatel.html Journal of Magazine and New Media Research, Fall 1999] ] and a three-time nominee for a National Magazine Award. She also received the Breakthrough Award and the Matrix Award, the latter from New York Women in Communications [ [http://www.rd.com/content/rds-2006-tell-us-a-joke-contest-participants/ Reader's Digest 2006 Tell Us a Joke Contest] ] , an organization for which she also served as President. Ms. Leo was an active member of the Board of Governors of the New York Academy of Sciences for ten years. She is listed in Who’s Who in America.

Personal life

Jacqueline Leo is married to columnist and author John Leo, a senior fellow at The Manhattan Institute. Her daughter, Alex Leo, is an editor at 236.com. Ms. Leo was born in Brooklyn and attended the City University of New York.

References

External links

* [http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003679926 Media Week Article]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/103798599/in/set-72057594068963751/ Jackie Leo at TED conference]
* [http://archive.gulfnews.com/notes/Issues/10163170.html "The media's impact on the future," "Gulf News"]
* [http://www.mediavillage.com/jmr/2006/04/10/jmr-04-10-06/ "Reader's Digest Seeks to Bring Americans Together with "America 2.0: The Upgrade"," "mediaVillage"]
* [http://www.prnewswire.ca/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-14-2001/0001554628&EDATE= "Jacqueline Leo Named Editor-in-Chief of Reader's Digest," "PRNewswire"]