Jemele Hill Joins The Atlantic as Staff Writer After Leaving ESPN

Jemele Hill, the former SportsCenter host whose outspoken political views threw her into the national spotlight, is joining The Atlantic as a staff writer.

Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg announced the hire on Twitter Monday morning.

“I’m very pleased to announce that the great [Jemele Hill] is joining [The Atlantic] as a staff writer,” he wrote. “She’ll be covering the intersection of sports, race, politics, gender, and culture for us. Welcome, Jemele.”

I’m very pleased to announce that the great @jemelehill is joining @TheAtlantic as a staff writer. She’ll be covering the intersection of sports, race, politics, gender, and culture for us. Welcome, Jemele.

— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) October 1, 2018

The former ESPN host made headlines last year when she called President Donald Trump a “white supremacist” after the Charlottesville, sparking a war of words between the two.

Hill was later suspended from ESPN in October 2017 after suggesting an advertiser boycott of the Dallas Cowboys over owner Jerry Jones’ criticisms of NFL player protests.

In February, she left her high profile hosting gig of SportsCenter, to write for ESPN’s vertical The Undefeated, which covers sports, race and culture.

When the New York Post reported on Hill’s departure from ESPN last month, it noted that Hill wanted “to continue her involvement in politics, and ESPN wants out of politics.”

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