Jamila bey biography

Jamila Bey (born 1976) is an.
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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.

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PERSON: Jamila Bey

Biography

Jamila Bey is an African-American journalist and public speaker. She was host of a weekly radio program The Sex, Politics And Religion Hour: SPAR With Jamila on Voice of Russia, and writes for the Washington Post’s blog, She the People.Before working for the Washington Post and the Voice of Russia, Bey spent around a decade working as a producer and editor for National Public Radio, including for Morning Edition.

Besides her journalistic activities, Bey is notable as an outspoken African-American atheist, who has publicly stated that she believes religion to be actively detrimental to African-Americans, suggesting that religion both contributed to the physical enslavement of African Americans, and continues to contribute to their mental enslavement. She objects to the common characterization of the civil rights movement as a religious one, stating that although churches were significantly involved in the movement, “humans did all the work.”

In 2015 Bey became the first atheist activist to address the Conservative Political Action Conference’s

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Chills, by Lauren Wolfe

Fearless reporting, a behind-the-curtains look at how journalism is made — and an unabashed point of view. Welcome to Chills.

Hello friends!

I’m very excited to be offering my first Zoom journalism conversation on Wednesday! It’ll be at noon EDT with my fantastic friend and colleague Jamila Bey.

Jamila is the editorial director of WHYY News. She has more than 20 years of experience at multiple news organizations, including NPR, Viacom/BET, and The Washington Post. She’s worked as an editor, executive producer, reporter, host and producer.

To join, please reply to this message and I’ll provide you with a Zoom link. Note that this is only for paid subscribers.

Our conversation will discuss the process of reporting stories both within our communities and out in the world — even when we are doing it from thousands of miles away. How do we verify news? What’s the editorial process like? What are some of the many choices we make in creating a story? Jamila’s extensive experience in radio and print will give you a chance to ask her que

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Jamila Bey

Who is your biggest supporter?

My husband and my son inspire me to do whatever I am compelled to try. Without them, I’d be nowhere!

If you could have a conversation with anyone, dead or alive, who would you choose? Why?

Thomas Jefferson…I’d love to talk to him about the role of government in American life today. I really want to know what he’d say about the current two-party system, the Patriot Act, and the Second Amendment.

Who is your female sports idol?

Serena Williams is a force of nature, and she’s everything a woman should be.

What are your favorite hobbies or special interests?

I love to argue. I love to read and argue about what I’ve read. The world needs more challenge and more understanding. That only happens when we confront our own ideas and see how they stack up against those of others.
One will go crazy in an echo chamber.

What is your favorite movie?

I love Silence of the Lambs and will binge watch it for hours on end. Hannibal Lechter’s mad brilliance is unparalleled, and Sir Anthony