Chris L. Jenkins is an award winning journalist and documentary film producer and writer. Over a 20-year career, he has told stories about social justice, identity and progressive culture, with a focus on race, class and equity. 

Chris is the producer for Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation (2024) a four-part, Emmy-nominated docuseries on PBS. He is also the producer and writer of the award winning documentary, Trapped: Cash Bail in America streaming on YouTube Originals, and producer of the feature documentary  Anthem,  currently airing on HULU.

For nearly two decades, he was a reporter and editor at The Washington Post where he covered and led award-winning journalism around politics, criminal justice, immigration, culture and race. He has also served as Managing Editor for The Root.com and producer and writer for ESPN's HBCU Football: Our Time special; the independent film Rikers: Innocence Lost; and story producer for the feature documentary, Van Jones: The First Step, which premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. Forthcoming work includes serving as writer and story producer for Hussle, a five-part docuseries on the life and times of Nipsey Hussle.

While at The Post, Chris was the author of numerous award winning stories and productions, and was a core member of the paper's team that won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for its breaking news coverage of the Virginia Tech shooting massacre.