News Editor
New York, NY
Jamilah King is the news editor at Colorlines.com, coordinating story
assignments as news breaks, as well as covering urban politics and
youth culture. Before joining Colorlines she was associate editor at
WireTap Magazine, an online political publication that was a project
of The Nation Institute. Jamilah serves on peer review board of the
Youth Media Reporter, previously worked as contributing editor with
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, and has covered the youth vote for
Colorlines.com.
Jamilah is a former McNair scholar and Kopkind Fellow. She graduated with degrees in English and Black Studies from Pitzer College and also studied gender and development at the University of the West Indies along with labor history at City University of New York. Born and raised in San Francisco, Jamilah grew up in a single parent, working class household. She has written about her family's personal experience with violence, and is dedicated to using art to articulate new visions for the future. Jamilah participated in the Movement Activist Apprenticeship Program (MAAP) where she organized passenger service workers in Oakland with the Center for Third World Organizing. She studied labor history at City University of New York and worked as an organizer with SEIU and low income workers in the Bronx. She has also volunteered in the HIV community, doing outreach with Bay Area Young Positives and the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, Gays, and All-Sexuals in Kingston.
Jamilah frequently appears on community radio and media conferences
around the country, including National Conference on Media Reform and
Allied Media Conference. Jamilah's writing has also appeared on New
America Media, TheNation.com, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Alternet,
and Racialicious. She's an avid basketball fan and a recovering music
junkie.
Check out Jamilah's media appearances here.
Jamilah tweets at @jamilahking.
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Transgender Woman’s Beating Sparks Debate Over Hate Crime Laws
by Jamilah King on April 26 2011, 12:14PM
Activists say the laws reinforce violence against queer and transgender people and disproportionately fill U.S. prisons with people of color.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality
AT&T Paints Itself As the Underdog in Proposed T-Mobile Merger
by Jamilah King on April 26 2011, 10:05AM
The company’s resorted to scare tactics in a bid to win sympathy from federal regulators.
Topics: Media
A Loving Meditation on the Power of a Smile
by Jamilah King on April 25 2011, 6:00PM
Ryan Red Corn and filmmaker Sterlin Harjo set out on a mission to show that’s there’s plenty of love in Native communities.
Topics: Celebrate Love
Malcolm X’s Daughter Disputes Claims About Father’s Sexuality
by Jamilah King on April 25 2011, 4:12PM
The discussion with Ilyasah Shabazz went from tense to downright hostile after several questions about the allegations.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality
Lil B’ Says He’s Gotten Death Threats Over ‘I’m Gay’ Album
by Jamilah King on April 25 2011, 9:38AM
The rapper says he’s losing fans, but still loves the gay community.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality
Young Graffiti Artists Show Their Love for Mother Earth’s Water
by Jamilah King on April 22 2011, 5:56PM
Graffiti writers create 10 murals in 10 different cities across the globe.
Topics: Celebrate Love
Gov. Deval Patrick Opens Up About Educating Kids of Color for The Root
by Jamilah King on April 22 2011, 4:45PM
It’s good to see an elected official who, at least to some extent, is willing to own up to the harsh realities of his state’s flaws.
Topics: Politics, Schools & Youth
After Anti-Gay Slur, Kobe Bryant PSA Warns “Words Can Be Hurtful”
by Jamilah King on April 22 2011, 10:23AM
Bravo to GLAAD and Bryant for trying to make good out of a bad scene.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality
Kevin Olusola’s Lovely Hip-Hop Cello Rendition
by Jamilah King on April 21 2011, 6:15PM
It’s the perfect way to head into the end of the week.
Topics: Celebrate Love
Gov. Bobby Jindal’s Potentially Self-Destructive Support of Birther Bill
by Jamilah King on April 20 2011, 12:02PM
But would he be keeping himself off of his own state ballot?
Topics: Politics
Residents Still Search for Answers in BP Oil Spill Disaster
by Jamilah King on April 19 2011, 4:52PM
While the oil may appear to be gone, the nation’s worst environmental disaster is still being felt by residents.
Topics: Environment
Seth Freed Wessler Talks Georgia’s SB 1070 Copycat on Democracy Now
by Jamilah King on April 18 2011, 5:15PM
Stay tuned for more.
Topics: Colorlines Press, Immigration
America’s Getting More Diverse, So Why Isn’t Congress?
by Jamilah King on April 18 2011, 5:05PM
GOOD shows that our current lawmakers aren’t representative of demographic changes.
Topics: Politics
Rapper Lil’ B (Sort of) Embraces Gay Fans to Sell Records
by Jamilah King on April 18 2011, 10:34AM
But the artist, who announced that his next album will be called “I’m Gay”, still has a long way to go.
Topics: Arts & Culture, Gender & Sexuality, Hip-Hop & LGBT
Donald Trump Has a ‘Great Relationship With the Blacks’
by Jamilah King on April 14 2011, 4:20PM
He just wants you to know that he really, really cares.
Topics: Politics
At 73, Ernestine Shepherd Shows That Love Can Do a Body Good
by Jamilah King on April 12 2011, 4:47PM
Well into her 70’s, the fitness champ runs 80 miles each week and teaches exercise classes at her church.
Topics: Celebrate Love
FCC’s Mignon Clyburn Vows To Fight for Mobile Users
by Jamilah King on April 11 2011, 3:22PM
But House Republicans and telecom companies are ready for a fight.
Topics: Media, NCMR 2011, Technology
4 Campaigns Holding Big Media Accountable for How It Treats Us
by Jamilah King on April 11 2011, 12:00PM
Colorlines.com spent last weekend at the National Conference on Media Reform hearing about ways community is demanding corporate media do better.
Glenn Beck Ends Show, But Fox’s Race Baiting Still Lives
by Jamilah King on April 6 2011, 3:42PM
At least for now, the talk show host’s hate has been muted.
Topics: Glenn Beck, Media
Mister Cee’s Arrest Should Spark Talk of Sex Work, Not Hysteria
by Jamilah King on April 6 2011, 2:14PM
Dream Hampton argues that instead of sexuality, we should be talking about decriminalizing sex work. Who’s listening?
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, Hip-Hop & LGBT
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