We're excited for our fourth annual “Black Men in Media” conversation featuring KTLA Executive Producer Marcus Smith, LA Times staff writer Donovan X. Ramsey, and Spectrum News 1 anchor Kelvin Washington. Freelance journalist and NABJLA President Jarrett Hill will moderate the discussion on the experience of Black men in media.
Join us Saturday, June 12 at 11:00 a.m. PT as part of NABJ’s nationwide Black Male Media Project, which aims to help change the narrative around the lives and images of Black men in the news and in society.
Registration is free and open to members and non-members.
Find out more about participants below.
Participants
Jarrett Hill
Jarrett Hill - Freelance Journalist - NABLA President
Jarrett Hill is an award-winning journalist, speaker, media trainer, and host contributing to The New York Times, Variety, NBC News, CNN International, and Channel Q, among others. He is president of the National Association of Black Journalists’ Los Angeles chapter (NABJLA). Jarrett also co-hosts FANTI, a Maximum Fun podcast chosen as one of Apple Podcasts’ “Best of 2020.”
Kelvin Washington
Kelvin Washington - Anchor/Host - Spectrum News 1
Kelvin Washington is a host and anchor on Spectrum News 1 in Los Angeles. He covers everything that is important to the people of So Cal. He is also a contributor on the Spectrum News 1 show “LA Times Today” and is one of the hosts of the Pre and Post game shows for the Dodgers on Sportsnet LA. You can also hear him nationally on Fox Sports Radio.
Before joining Spectrum News 1, Kelvin hosted the primetime competition show “Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge” on NBC. His work illustrates his passion for telling stories in the hopes of uplifting others. Kelvin enjoys spending time with his wife and their two young daughters. He also is a volunteer and mentor with the Boys & Girls Club of Los Angeles
Marcus Smith
Marcus Smith - Executive Producer - KTLA 5
Marcus Smith is an Emmy Award-winning senior producer for KTLA 5 News. He produces the KTLA 5 News at 10 and the KTLA 5 News at 11.
Smith, a Milwaukee native by way of Chicago, began his love for journalism at 12-years-old as an intern for a TV station in his hometown of Milwaukee. He was also a correspondent for the hit, Emmy award-winning youth news magazine "Making the Grade." Smith has worked in various markets including Fort Myers, Miami and now Los Angeles.
Donovan X. Ramsey
Donovan X. Ramsey - Staff Writer - LA Times
Donovan X. Ramsey covers Black life in Los Angeles as a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. Before joining The Times, he was a contributing writer for such publications as GQ, Vice, WSJ Magazine and the Atlantic, where he wrote memorable profiles of such figures as Bubba Wallace, Killer Mike and Ibram X. Kendi.
Ramsey also served as commentary editor of the Marshall Project and deputy editor of Complex.com. The Columbus, Ohio native is a graduate of Morehouse College and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. He is currently completing his first book, a history of the crack epidemic for One World, an imprint of Random House.