The Choice 2024: Jamilah King (interview)

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Jamilah King is an editorial director at Mother Jones, where she has profiled Kamala Harris and written extensively on Black women’s political power. She was previously an investigative reporter at BuzzFeed News.

The following interview was conducted by the Kirk Documentary Group’s Mike Wiser for FRONTLINE on August 14, 2024. It has been edited for clarity and length.

This interview is being published as part of FRONTLINE’s Transparency Project, an effort to open up the source material behind our documentaries. Explore the transcript of this interview, and others, on the FRONTLINE website: pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/interview-collection/the-choice-2024

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