Radio
Jasmyne Cannick is a regular contributor to National Public Radio’s ‘News and Notes,’ the American Urban Radio Network’s “Bev Smith Show,” Los Angeles based KJLH 102.3’s “The Front Page,” and XM Radio Channel 169 “The Power.” Below are selected audio files of her appearances, work as a reporter and news anchor, and her exclusive interview with deathrow inmate Stanley Tookie Williams. In addition to working as a contributor, reporter, and anchor, Jasmyne Cannick has produced and edited for radio.
Reporter and News Anchor Selected Works
Exclusive Interview w/Deathrow Inmate Stanley Tookie Williams
Includes my interview with deathrow inmate Stanley Tookie Williams who was executed December 13, 2005 at San Quentin in California . This interview is one of his last interviews, if not the last one. Also includes several news reports I filed for as a reporter for American Urban Radio Networks and KPFK Pacifica Los Angeles 90.7FM.
Selected Radio Appearances
Racial Divisions Challenge Gay Rights Movement
(NPR, “All Things Considered” December 4, 2008)
Blacks and Proposition 8
(93.5 KDAY The Beat, “The Beat of the Community” November 15, 2008)
Why Black Voters Didn’t Fight Proposition 8
(NPR, “Talk of the Nation” November 10, 2008)
California’s Prop. 8 Passes, Passions Flare
(NPR, “News & Notes” November 7, 2008)
Proposition 8 and Blacks
(KCRW 89.9 FM, “Which Way L.A.?,” October 30, 2008)
Roundtable: Powell Picks Obama, Palin Does SNL
(NPR, “News & Notes,” October 20, 2008)
Roundtable: Troubled Economy Trickles Down
(NPR, “News & Notes,” September 21, 2008)
Roundtable: Obama Makes Trip to Iraq
(NPR, “News & Notes,” June 21, 2008)
Roundtable: Obama Woos Latino Vote
(NPR, “News & Notes,” June 9, 2008)
Roundtable: Alicia Keys a Radical?
(NPR, “News & Notes,” April 21, 2008)
Dr. Martin Luther King’s Legacy and the LGBT civil rights movement
(KPFK 90.7FM, “IMRU,” April 7, 2008)
Roundtable: L.A. Times’ Apologizes for False Tupac Story
(NPR, “News & Notes,” March 31, 2008)
Roundtable: Jackson Told to Beat It
(NPR, “News & Notes,” March 3, 2008)
Roundtable: Black and Gay in the Political Public Eye
(NPR, “News & Notes,” February 26, 2008)
Roundtable: Tavis vs. The Obamas
(NPR, “News & Notes,” February 18, 2008)
NPR News and Notes: Black Gay and Lesbian Voters Make Voices Heard
(NPR, “News & Notes,” January 16, 2008)
Roundtable: R. Kelly, New Year’s Resolutions
(NPR, “News & Notes,” December 31, 2007)
Comparing Responses to Katrina, Calif. Wildfires
(NPR, “Talk of the Nation,” October 25, 2007)
On Obama, Blacks, Gays, and Donnie McClurkin
(WVON 1690 AM, “The Roland S. Martin Show,” October 25, 2007)
Roundtable: Brits Stop, Search
(NPR, “News & Notes,” October 24, 2007)
Roundtable: Jena & Jesse
(NPR, “News & Notes,” September 26, 2007)
Roundtable: Michael Vick, R. Kelly, Clinton and Obama Ticket
(NPR, “News & Notes,” August 1, 2007)
Roundtable: NAACP’s N-Word Funeral
(NPR, “News & Notes,” June 11, 2007)
(NPR, “News & Notes,” June 12, 2007)
Black Women and Obesity
(NPR, “Tell Me More,” June 11, 2007)
Challenge of Being Black and Gay Spans GenerationsHow Safe Is the Blogsphere?(NPR, “Tell Me More,” May 2, 2007)
How Did Don Imus Go Down In Flames?
(NPR, “To the Point w/Warren Olney,” April 13, 2007)
An Upgrade Suggesstion for the NAACP(NPR, “News & Notes,” March 9, 2007)
Hey, Where’s the Ring?(NPR, “Rough Cuts,” February 14, 2007)
Race and Stereotypes in Gay Culture(NPR, “News & Notes,” January 22, 2007)
The Al Sharpton Show
(National, January 22, 2007)
Shirley Q. Liquor Controvers
(American Urban Radio Networks, “The Bev Smith Show,” January 22, 2007)
Radio discussion on the Shirley Q. Liquor Controversy (10 minute clip of 30 minute segment)
(KJLH 102.3FM, “The Front Page,” January 22, 2007)
(V100, formerly 100.3 The Beat, “Real Talk w/Da Poetess,” January 21, 2007)
Gay Activist Talks About Same-Sex Marriage Debate
( NPR, “News & Notes,” November 14, 2006)
Listener Letters
(NPR, “News & Notes,” November 2, 2006)
The Violent Death of Michael Sandy
(NPR, “News & Notes,” October 23, 2006)
Roundtable: Angelinos React to Bush Address
(NPR, “News & Notes,” February 1, 2006)
Celebrating Black Gay Pride
(NPR, “News & Notes,” June 9, 2005)
Civil Rights in 2005: Where Are the Leaders?
(NPR, “All Things Considered,” January 16, 2005)
Gay Marriage and African Americans, Part 2
(NPR, “The Tavis Smiley Show,” February 11, 2004)
Blacks and Gays
(KJLH 102.3FM, “The Front Page,” 2004)