San Diego Association of Black Journalists

Jemele Hill - Sports Journalist

Jemele Hill currently works at ESPN as a national columnist for ESPN.com, a position she’s held since 2006. She’s also a regular on television and can be seen on shows like  SportsCenter, ESPN First Take, Jim Rome is Burning, and Outside the Lines.

Hill is from Detroit and attended Michigan State University, where she later graduated in 1997 with a degree in journalism and a minor in spanish.

Hill went on to work a the Raleigh News & Observer, Orlando Sentinel, Detroit Free Press.

In 2007, Hill won the he first annual McKenzie Cup, which is given in tribute to groundbreaking sports editor Van McKenzie, at the annual Poynter Media Summit. She has also received an honorable mention in the 2007 edition of Best American Sports Writing.

Hill is a current member of NABJ.

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