Jack Myers (media ecologist)

Myers began his career as a marketing director at CBS in the mid-1970s.^[5] In 2010, he launched MediaVillage, that features commentaries, thought-leadership, and insights from columnists, and journalists. It incorporates The Myers Report, MediaVillage Knowledge Exchange, and AdvancingDiversity.org.^[6][7]

In early 90s, along with David Houle, he created Television Production Partners (TPP), a consortium of advertisers to fund television programming. In this capacity he won a George Foster Peabody Award,^[8][9] the Crystal Heart Award at the Heartland Film Festival,^[10] and was nominated for an Academy Award and Emmy Award for the documentary Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream.^[11][12][13]

He is also a lecturer at the University of Arizona^[14] and an honorary board member at the International Radio and Television Foundation.^[15]

• Adbashing: Surviving the Attacks on Advertising (1993)
• Virtual Worlds: Rewiring Our Emotional Future (2007)
• Hooked Up: A New Generation’s Surprising Take on Sex, Politics and Saving the World (2012)
• The Future of Men (2016)^[16]
• The Tao of Leadership: Harmonizing Technological Innovation with Human Creativity in the AI Era (2025)
• Creativity Unleashed: Tools, Tips, and Ideas for Unleashing the Power of AI (2025)

He has won the International Book Awards for Youth Issues and Women's Issues for Hooked Up: A New Generation’s Surprising Take on Sex, Politics and Saving the World,^[17] and the World Music Award.^[18] He has also received the Excellence in Education Award from the Global Forum on Education & Learning.^[19]