In conversation with journalist Jamila Bey, WHYY
A Zoom talk with the editorial director of NPR’s WHYY.
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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.
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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 questions about all of this, and beyond. Also, she will make you laugh, I promise.
From one of my former NYU Journalism graduate students: “I can attest that Lauren’s guest speakers will all be fascinating and should not be missed!”
A little more about Jamila:
Since earning a driver’s license, Jamila Bey paid her way through undergrad at Duquesne University in part by working at WDUQ-FM, where she did the news breaks during “All Things Considered” and listened to every “Fresh Air” episode from 1996 to 2000. She went on to work at NPR’s “Morning Edition,” “Talk of the Nation,” and “Tell Me More” with Michel Martin.
She has turned her interest in comedy into professional development and earned her master’s degree during the COVID-19 pandemic in comedy writing from Falmouth University in Cornwall, England.
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