about jimiizrael.com

jimi izrael is an opinion writer and journalist from East Cleveland, Ohio. His work appears in the Los Angeles Times, Salon.com, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Chicago Tribune, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the American Spectator, Cleveland's Plain Dealer and many other newspapers and popular media. izrael was nominated for religious news-writing and editing awards as a staff writer for the United Church of Christ, one of the largest mainline Protestant denominations in the world. izrael won awards for investigative and consumer journalism as a staff writer for New Times' Cleveland Scene. He's a sought-after pundit and culture critic appearing on talk radio and television news panels internationally and from coast to coast, including Fox's Hannity and Colmes, The O'Reilly Factor and National Public Radio. Currently, he is a commentator for NPR's Day to Day and writes What It Iz, a regular column as well as other commentary and features for AOL BlackVoices.com.

jimi izrael speaks at conferences, colleges and universities on topics ranging from alternative journalism, opinion and editorial writing to hip-hop music, culture and politics.

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