Jamil Smith
American print and television journalist
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| November 2023 | Became the editor-in-chief of The Emancipator. |
| September 2022 | Joined the Los Angeles Times as an essayist. |
| January 2020 | Contributed an essay titled 'She Can't Breathe' to the anti-rape anthology 'Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World'. |
| May 2019 | Received the Arts Reporting award from the Deadline Club (New York City chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists) for his Time cover story on Black Panther titled 'A Hero Rises'. |
| March 2018 | Joined Rolling Stone as a senior writer, profiling political figures and writing columns. |
| February 19 2018 | Wrote the cover story for Time magazine about Black Panther, analyzing the film's cultural significance. |
| June 2017 | Became a freelance reporter and opinion writer after layoffs at MTV News. |
| 2016 | Became a senior national correspondent for MTV News, co-hosting the MTV-BET townhall 'What Now' and hosting the YouTube series The Racket. |
| 2015 | Named to The Root 100 list of leading black influencers for his work at The New Republic, noted for reporting on cultural topics like campus rape and Al Sharpton. |
| January 2015 | Joined The New Republic as a senior editor covering race, politics, and gender, launching the magazine's first podcast, Intersection. |
| 2013 | Named to The Root 100 list of leading black influencers for his work on Melissa Harris-Perry. |
| 2011 | Named to The Root 100 list of leading black influencers for his work on The Rachel Maddow Show. |
| 2010 | Part of the team that won the Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology Sports Emmy for Hard Knocks: Training Camp With The Cincinnati Bengals. |
| 2010 | Joined MSNBC as a producer for The Rachel Maddow Show and Melissa Harris-Perry. |
| 2010 | Won his third Sports Emmy Award while working as a television segment producer for NFL Films. |
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