30 Years of Experience

Mary Reed, owner of Reed and Associates Marketing, Inc., has more than 30 years of experience.

Reed opened her own marketing company, Reed & Associates, Inc., in Jackson, Tennessee, in 1991, after working for newspapers for nearly 20 years.

Most of her newspaper work was at The Jackson Sun, a community newspaper, where she held several positions, including Senior Writer, City Editor, Lifestyles Editor, and a variety of reporting positions.

During her newspaper work, she won several state and national awards for her reporting and layout skills, including a Southern Journalism Award for Investigative Reporting in 1990, a finalist in the Penney-Missouri Awards, and a first place in the Tennessee Press Association contest.

Workshops:

During her career at the newspaper and later as a marketing company owner, she has led several media workshops on writing, design and how to work effectively with the media.

Education:

Reed earned a bachelor of journalism with honors from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia, Missouri. She was the recipient of the Walter Williams Scholarship her senior year and was a Curator Scholar for four years.

Community Work:

Reed is a co-founder of the Wo/Men’s Research and Rape Assistance Program, a Jackson, Tennessee, agency that helps victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. She also has served on boards for the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce, United Way, YMCA, Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse, CARE and Jackson Area Agency on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency.