Panama Jackson
Senior Editor Editor @Thegrio
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Editor Editor @Thegrio
Washington, DC, US
As Senior Editor at TheGrio, a leading Black news and media site that centers Black stories and perspectives, my primary role is to execute and further the objectives outlined by the Senior Vice President. In that role, my duties are as follows:*Pitch trending news stories daily to ensure coverage on TheGrio.com, with a focus on breaking news relevant to the site’s audience and driving community discourse*Publish several articles from the newswire service each day by monitoring for national and Black community stories in politics, entertainment, sports, and more*Shape editorial voice and direction by reviewing pitches, assigning stories, and ensuring coverage of trending and high-interest topics (original or aggregated)*Write aggregated stories daily and editorials as assigned by the SVP to strengthen site coverage*Pitch and produce original story ideas monthly, aligned with themes or issues of importance to the Black community*Edit submitted pieces (copy and line), providing feedback to writers to strengthen content*Track stories in the editorial workflow to ensure consistent publication during the workday*Post published articles to social platforms (X, Facebook, Instagram), writing captions in TheGrio’s brand voice*Generate social media assets as needed to support story promotion*Collaborate with the SVP, writers, and graphics team to align published works and social posts with site goals*Provide occasional weekend breaking news coverage support*Write once-monthly intro letter for TheGrio newsletter*Co-host weekly TheGrio Weekly livestream with SVP and Politics Managing Editor, covering major topics relevant to Black America
EDUCATION
Morehouse College
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics
University of Maryland
Master's degree, Public Policy Analysis
ABOUT PANAMA JACKSON
My 16-plus years as an award-winning writer with VerySmartBrothas along with my experience writing about race, pop culture, identity and entertainment for various outlets from The Washington Post to CafeMom and WEtv especially situates me as an individual with a unique perspective in the areas of culture and identity and also speaks to my work ethic and ability to deliver frequent, high quality work.In my role as Senior Editor, along with providing daily editorial content that put a lens on whatever was happening in the pop-culture zeitgeist, I was specifically in charge of curating content and series that provided fresh looks at the intersection of pop culture, entertainment and identity. I spearheaded and curated a week-long multi-media series called “The Black Mainstream” that invited writers to delve into an aspect of Black pop culture that they found most personal and essential to their own lives. In late 2020, I curated a series about mental health titled “Quiet Storm,” that tasked several writers to be vulnerable enough to discuss mental health discussions in the Black community as well as their own relationship with mental health battles. In 2019, I initiated a series titled “America. In Black.” that provided a unique view at individual experiences of Black people in America; one piece in that series—“All The Ways I Did Not Die,” written by Michael Harriot—won the National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Award for Best Commentary/Weblog at the 2019 NABJ annual conference.
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