Jamilah King is news editor at Colorlines.com, where she coordinates story assignments, writes about culture, and reports on media and technology. Her work has appeared in several publications, including Salon.com and The Advocate. Before joining Colorlines, Jamilah was an editor at WireTap Magazine and served on the peer review board of the Youth Media Reporter. A native of San Francisco, she graduated from Pitzer College in Claremont, Calif. with a degree in English, studied labor history at CUNY's Murphy Institute and economic development at the University of the West Indies.