Jill Nelson (born June 14, 1952) is a prominent African American journalist and novelist. Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends She has written several books, including the autobiographical Volunteer Slavery: My Authentic Negro Experience, which won an American Book Award, and is currently Professor of Journalism at the City College of New York. The American Book Award was established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation. The City College of The City University of New York (known more commonly as the City College of New York or simply City College, CCNY, or colloquially as
Jill Nelson grew up in New York's Harlem, spending summers on Martha's Vineyard. The City of New York Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, long known as a major African American cultural and business center Martha's Vineyard (adjoining the smaller Chappaquiddick Island) is an Island off the US east coast to the south of Cape Cod, both She graduated from the City College of New York and went on to study at the Columbia School of Journalism. Academic Programs Columbia’s Journalism School offers three degree programs Master of Science in journalism (full and part-time Nelson wrote for the Washington Post Magazine at its inception, and was awarded the Washington D.C. Journalist of the Year for her contributions. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, Essence, The Nation, Ms., the Chicago Tribune, the Village Voice, USA Today, USA Weekend, and msnbc.com. Essence is an American Fashion, Lifestyle and Entertainment Magazine. This article is about the US Publication. For other newspapers magazines and alternate uses by the same name see The Nation (disambiguation. Ms is an American feminist magazine co-founded by American feminist and activist Gloria Steinem and founding The Chicago Tribune is a major daily Newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and owned by the Tribune Company This article is about a New York newspaper For the Ottawa Hills Ohio magazine see The Village Voice of Ottawa Hills. USA TODAY is a national American daily Newspaper published by the Gannett Company. USA WEEKEND Magazine is a national publication distributed through more than 600 newspapers in the United States MSNBC is a 24-hour cable television news channel based in the United States and available in Canada.
Nelson has wrote the autobiographical Volunteer Slavery: My Authentic Negro Experience about her experiences as a black female journalist at the Washington Post. Her next book Straight, No Chaser: How I Became A Grown-Up Black Woman, also autobiographical, discussed role models for black women.
Her first work of fiction, Sexual Healing, was published in 2003. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.
List of works
- Volunteer Slavery: My Authentic Negro Experience 1993. Hardback ISBN 1-879360-24-1; Softback ISBN 0-14-023716-X
- Straight, No Chaser: How I Became A Grown-Up Black Woman. 1997. ISBN 0-14-027724-2
- Editor, Police Brutality: An Anthology. 2000. ISBN 0-393-32163-0
- Sexual Healing. 2003. ISBN 0-9724562-0-1
- Finding Martha's Vineyard: African Americans at Home on an Island. 2005. ISBN 0-385-50566-3
References
- PBS. Modern Journalists, Jill Nelson
- African American Literature Book Club Jill Nelson Author Profile
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