Jamil Smith (journalist)
American print and television journalist
Jamil Smith (born September 23, 1975) is an American print and television journalist. After working as an essayist at the Los Angeles Times, he became the editor-in-chief of The Emancipator in November 2023. His reporting and commentary deal with a range of political and cultural topics, including race, gender, national politics, and pop culture. He has been a senior editor at The New Republic, and a senior national correspondent at MTV News, a senior writer for Rolling Stone magazine, and a senior correspondent at Vox.
While a television segment producer for NFL Films, Smith won three Sports Emmy Awards, in 2006, 2009, and 2010. He has also served as a producer for The Rachel Maddow Show and Melissa Harris-Perry.
Early life
Born September 23, 1975, in Cleveland, Ohio, Smith attended Hawken School through eighth grade, then graduated from Shaker Heights High School in 1993. While attending Shaker Heights High School, Smith wrote for the student newspaper, The Shakerite, for four years, as well as participating in the wrestling and track teams and the school's Minority Achievement Community program, where black upperclassmen with high grade point averages mentor black freshman and sophomore boys with lower GPAs.
Smith then attended the University of Pennsylvania and graduated with a bachelor's degree in English in 1997. While in college, Smith wrote for the campus student newspaper, The Daily Pennsylvanian, and participated in Students Together Against Acquaintance Rape.
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