Question All Authority: Intersectional Journalism as a Humanizing Force

Jamil Smith, a Senior National Correspondent with MTV News, will discuss how journalism about the underrepresented aids the purposes of humanism, why intersectionality is key to telling stories, and how his perspectives on faith and doubt have been affected by covering human struggle and tragedy. With special guest Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib. This event is hosted in collaboration with the Poynter Fellowship in Journalism and the Afro-American Cultural Center at Yale.

Jamil Smith is a Senior National Correspondent for MTV News and former Senior Editor at New Republic, where he was host of the magazine's first podcast, INTERSECTION. He has served as a producer for MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show" and "Melissa Harris-Perry," and won three Sports Emmy Awards during his six years with NFL Films.

7:30 PM
Dunham Laboratory (DL), Room 220, Yale University
10 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT
Free and open to the public

This event is a part of Yale and New Haven Humanism Week. Learn more at yalehumanists.com

This event is organized with support from the Yale Undergraduate Humanist Society and the None/Others at Yale Divinity School.