CHRIS L. JENKINS

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. 

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Chris is the series producer and co-writer of Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation, a four-part docu-series debuting in April 2024 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 Hussle, a five-part docu-series on the life and times of Nipsey Hussle, of which he serves as writer and story producer. 

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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.