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Boston-based The Emancipator appoints Smith EIC

Jamil Smith

Jamil Smith has joined The Emancipator, housed within the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University, as its editor-in-chief. As per reports:

“Smith will drive The Emancipator’s editorial vision and serve as a key partner to Payne in growing the rising media startup’s reach and impact nationwide.”

Smith commented:

“This is a singular opportunity. I’ve been an admirer of what The Emancipator has accomplished thus far, and it’s an honor to join the University and this staff. I look forward to continuing to help audiences think more critically about the emergency that is racial inequity.”

An award-winning journalist, he recently was an essayist at the Los Angeles Times, where he reported and wrote long-form commentary, opinion and news analysis articles.

Prior to that, he worked as a senior correspondent at Vox.com and as a senior writer at Rolling Stone, where he covered politics, identity and popular culture.

He freelanced, served as a senior national correspondent for MTV News and was a senior editor at The New Republic.

He has also worked at MSNBC, NFL Films, HBO Sports and CNN.

Smith graduated from the University of Pennsylvania.

Be sure to congratulate Smith on X/Twitter.

Mariam Ahmed

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