James West is Mother Jones' executive editor in New York. Check out his six-part video series for our National Magazine Award-winning private prison exposé (and don't miss the bit where he gets arrested). Find him on Twitter or Instagram.

Dr. Rowen received a J.D. from Berkeley School of Law in 2009, a Ph.D. from the Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program at Berkeley School of Law in 2012, and was a doctoral fellow at the American Bar Foundation in 2012-2013. Prior to her current position at UMass (Assistant Professor 2015-2019,...

@BlockClubChi’s Award-winning Bronzeville Reporter. @HeadlineClub board. @NerdgasmNoire’s Low End Kid. Dorothy Parker enthusiast. @HoodFeminism 4eva. FTN.

Jamil Smith is the editor-in-chief of The Emancipator. An incisive opinion writer, television producer, and cultural critic, Smith has primarily covered the intersection of politics, culture, and identity during his decades in media. He also co-hosted “One Year Later,” a limited radio series for KCRW, as well as several podcasts....

I’m Jasmine Mithani, the data visuals reporter at The 19th. I write stories, make charts and check our math. I collaborate on data-driven projects like our polling partnership with SurveyMonkey and our abortion rights dashboard. Lately I’ve been writing about the intersection of technology, gender and politics, drawing from my...

Jasper Jolly is a financial reporter for The Guardian.

Jasper Scherer is a politics reporter for The Texas Tribune. He previously covered Texas politics and government for Hearst Newspapers' Austin bureau, which he joined after stints covering City Hall for the Houston Chronicle and Bexar County for the San Antonio Express-News.

Jay Bookman covered Georgia and national politics for nearly 30 years for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, earning numerous national, regional and state journalism awards. He has been awarded the National Headliner Award and the Walker Stone Award for outstanding editorial writing, and is the only two-time winner of the Pulliam Fellowship...

Jayme Lozano Carver is the Tribune’s first Lubbock-based reporter, covering the South Plains and Panhandle through a partnership with Report for America. Jayme previously worked for Texas Tech Public Media, Lubbock’s NPR station, where she spearheaded “Rural Healthcare: The Other Texas Drought,” a series for PBS’ “Frontline” on rural hospital...

Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez, correspondent, works for the KFF Health News rural health desk and is based in Elko, Nevada. She explores how health issues such as food security, climate change, and agricultural practices affect rural areas. Previously, Jazmin worked for The Nevada Independent, where she focused on the state’s Latino...