Jamil Smith

• I manage daily and long-term editorial operations for The Emancipator's website, theemancipator.org, including its social media profiles.
• I edit and publish written reporting and commentary.
• I both solicit and evaluate content pitches.
• I led the coordination and management of all editorial projects, including a 2024 series about the 50th anniversary of the Boston "busing crisis."
• I contribute regularly to The Emancipator as a columnist and primary writer of The Emancipator's newsletter, 'Critical Thinking.'
• I hosted an episode of GBH News' 'What is Owed?' podcast, which The Emancipator co-produced.

• I reported and wrote longform reported commentary and news analysis.
• I made various media appearances on MSNBC and other outlets.
• I served as a part-time caretaker for my mother before her death in April 2023.

• As a reporter, columnist, and broadcast media host, I covered the ways identity intersects with every facet of our lives, from civil rights and public policy to sports and popular culture.
• I also co-hosted the podcast 'Vox Conversations' (since re-titled as 'The Gray Area'), leading discussions about various topics relating to politics and identity, including enslavement's legacy, reforming the U.S. system of criminal punishment, Black masculinity, and the history of soul food.
• I left the position to serve as a full-time caretaker for my ill mother.

• I covered politics, identity, and popular culture in features and weekly columns, appearing both online and in the monthly print magazine.
• I published two cover stories, including a 2020 profile of the Black Lives Matter movement that published shortly after George Floyd's murder.
• Profile and interview subjects included: politicians Kamala Harris and Stacey Abrams, bestselling author Ta-Nehisi Coates, actor John David Washington, and Oscar-winning filmmakers Spike Lee and Barry Jenkins.

• I served as a contributor to Time Magazine, a weekly columnist for HuffPost, and a contributing opinion writer at the Los Angeles Times.
• I wrote "A Hero Rises: The Revolutionary Power of 'Black Panther'," a February 2018 cover story for Time Magazine. Awarded the 2019 Deadline Club prize for Arts Reporting by the NYC chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
• I wrote a feature profile of former NAACP president and then-gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous for The New Republic's November 2017 issue.
• I also published numerous op-eds and essays in outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Esquire, BuzzFeed, and Vanity Fair.
• I co-hosted the special series "One Year Later" for KCRW and Public Radio International. Also served as a guest host for "The Brian Lehrer Show," WNYC radio's morning program and did the same for KCRW's "To the Point."
• I appeared regularly as a commentator on MSNBC, CBSN, and other news networks, several podcasts, and radio programs.

• I served as a writer and on-air talent for MTV’s politics section. Primary duties included weekly commentary and reported analysis of national and state politics, as well as co-hosting a weekly political podcast, "The Stakes."
• I covered the 2016 presidential election, including live reports from candidate rallies and both major party conventions.
• I hosted MTV News media on broadcast cable, for short online news hits, and during Facebook Live interviews and discussions, including a nationally televised, live town hall on police violence.
• I starred in a 12-part YouTube op-ed series, "The Racket," in which I presented arguments about cultural and political issues aimed at a younger audience.

• I edited, wrote, and worked on special projects for the magazine.
• I wrote and reported features and columns focused primarily on criminal punishment, sports, and all forms of racial and gender discrimination.
• I hosted the podcast "Intersection," which examined identity issues and the news through an intersectional lens.

• I produced on-air segments for 'Melissa Harris-Perry,' a two-hour-long news, political, and culture program that aired on weekend mornings.
• I also served as editor and principal writer for the 'Melissa Harris-Perry' blog.
• In addition to my work at MSNBC, I wrote freelance commentary for The New Republic, Ebony.com, and theGrio.

• I was responsible for conceptualizing, writing, and producing one segment each night for the network's primary cable news program.
• I wrote regularly for the program's online presence, The Maddow Blog.

• I produced features and segments that appeared on outlets including NFL Network, HBO, and ESPN, including the highlight program 'Inside the NFL.'
• I also regularly directed shoots at remote locations and conduct interviews for an assortment of Films and Network programming.
• I produced five half-hour season highlight films for NFL teams, including four for my hometown Cleveland Browns.
• I conceived and co-produced a long feature for Films' signature program, 'NFL Films Presents,' examining racial progress (and lack thereof) in NFL coaching and executive ranks.

• With footage research and other creative contributions, I assisted show hosts and segment producers during live shoots and edits.
• I investigated and pitched stories for development as future cover stories and interviews, and later wrote and produced opening tease segments for broadcast programming.
• I designed and built graphic elements to support cover stories and interviews, including during live events (such as boxing telecasts).

• I investigated and tracked emerging stories for development as segments on the weeknight program 'Connie Chung Tonight.'
• I provided articles, polls and other research daily to host Connie Chung for segment preparation.
• I produced a short series entitled “9/11: It Changed My Life,” featuring viewer testimonials.

• While assisting two different agents (consecutively) with secretarial duties during my time there, I assessed treatments, pitches, and previously published material for motion pictures, television programming and documentaries.
• I researched studio and production company slates to assess future client opportunities.
• I also served as agent for a number of actors, writers and television journalists on a freelance basis, negotiating and completing client contracts for television, radio, book, voice-over and theatrical projects.