Jon Tackett
Media Center Manager
Advancement and Marketing
Marketing and Communication
401 Orlean Bullard Beeson Hall
jtacket1@samford.edu
205-726-2475

Jon serves as Media Center Manager for the Marketing and Communication Department at Íò²©¹ÙÍø. He graduated from Mississippi State University in 2021 and made his start in broadcast television at WCBI-TV in Columbus, Mississippi, as a production assistant and then a newscast director.

Before joining Íò²©¹ÙÍø in July 2024, he was part of the team at ABC 33/40 in Birmingham, Alabama, working as a news photographer. He currently resides just outside of Birmingham with his wife.