JELANI COBB se dwayen Lekòl Jounalis Gradye Columbia a, yon ekriven nan The New Yorker, epi otè plizyè liv, pami yo genyen The Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress. Li se ko-editè/editè liv The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from The New Yorker ak The Essential Kerner Commission Report: The Landmark Study on Race, Inequality, and Police Violence, epi li se yon pwodiktè/ko-pwodiktè sou dokimantè tankou The Riot Report. Li te resevwa Pri Peabody an 2020 epi li te finalis pou Pri Pulitzer nan kategori Kòmantè. Li fè pati konsèy administrasyon American Journalism Project ak Konsèy Administratè Bibliyotèk Piblik New York la.
