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Jamila Bey
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Editorial Director, WHYY-TV (Philadelphia, PA)
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Biography
Jamila Bey is a journalist based in Washington, DC, where she hosts the weekly radio show The Sex, Politics And Religion Hour: SPAR With Jamila which airs on AM 1390 in Washington and AM 1430 in New York City. She also writes for the Washington Post blog, She the People. Jamila served a decade-long stint as a producer and editor at National Public Radio working for shows including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Tell Me More with Michel Martin, and Talk of the Nation. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, The New Humanist of London, Jazz Times Magazine and WebMD as well as on The Today Show and radio stations around the country. Jamila’s areas of expertise include health and family policy, and all issues concerning the First Amendment. She particularly enjoys reporting on issues concerning religion and the separation of church and state. Sis working on her first book about the role of religion in the lives of African-American women.
religion, justice intelligence, Middle East human rights,U.S. politics security
Content
By Jamila Bey Verified| Black Entertainment Television (BET) Verified Vice President Kamala Harris began a weeklong tour of Ghana, Tanzania, and Zambia on Monday, the first visit by a high-ranking Biden administration official to the continent. Harris is expected to meet with the leaders of each country to discuss a range of issues, including trade, investment, and security. The trip is to further support the mission of the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States (PAC-ADE), which was created in December 2022.
By Jamila Bey Verified| Black Entertainment Television (BET) Verified The family of 25-year-old Shanquella Robinson, the Charlotte woman who died mysteriously while traveling with six friends to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico is seeking diplomatic intervention from the US government to facilitate the investigation and prosecution of the individuals responsible for her death.
By Jamila Bey Verified| Black Entertainment Television (BET) Verified A man who served more than 34 years of a 400-year prison sentence has been released after the state of Florida reinvestigated the case and determined he did not commit armed robbery. According to CBS News, Sidney Holmes is now a free man, having been arrested in October 1988 for driving two unidentified men who robbed a man and woman at gunpoint outside a store.
Company Info
WHYY-TV (Philadelphia, PA)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
+1 215-351-1200