Jamal Watson

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Jamal Watson is a writer and columnist whose work is regularly featured in Diverse: Issues In Higher Education and The Root. In 2001, Watson reported that Harvard Law School Professor Charles Ogletree and attorney Johnnie Cochran were planning a lawsuit on behalf of the descendants of African slaves.Watson, Jamal. "Lawyers Plan Suit For Slavery Reparations." Boston Globe, April 13, 2001. Accessed on April 7, 2011.{{cite news|url=http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2005/11/02/10ethnic.h25.html|title=States Still Grappling With Multicultural Curricula|last=Zehr|first=Mary Ann|date=2 November 2005|work=Education Week|accessdate=15 April 2011}} Watson served as the editor of the publication from 2005 until 2019 and remains a contributing editor.

Watson has also written for a variety of other publications including the Washington City Paper, The Baltimore Sun and USA Today.{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/30314380.html?dids=30314380:30314380&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+18%2C+1998&author=Andrea+Stone%3B+Jamal+E.+Watson%3B+Jim+Drinkard%3B+Lee+Michael+Katz&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=Jonesboro+mother+lobbies+to+make+guns+childproof&pqatl=google|title=Jonesboro mother lobbies to make guns childproof|last=Stone|first=Andrea|author2=Jamal E. Watson|author3=Jim Drinkard|author4=Lee Michael Katz|date=Jun 18, 1998|work=USA Today|page=12A|quote=...|accessdate=15 April 2011|archive-date=6 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106111628/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/30314380.html?dids=30314380:30314380&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+18,+1998&author=Andrea+Stone;+Jamal+E.+Watson;+Jim+Drinkard;+Lee+Michael+Katz&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=Jonesboro+mother+lobbies+to+make+guns+childproof&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}} He holds a teaching appointment in Communications at Trinity University.

As a critic, Watson is frequently a guest on WNYC radio, an affiliate of National Public Radio and has appeared on Fox News' Hannity and Colmes and Nightline. He is featured in Dick Morris' best-selling book, Condi vs. Hillary{{cite book|last1=Morris|first1=Dick|last2=McGann|first2=Eileen|title=Condi Vs. Hillary: The Next Great Presidential Race|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nIPDnuqHYugC&q=jamal+e+watson&pg=PA53|accessdate=15 April 2011|date=2006-09-28|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0-06-085984-8|page=53}} and has been quoted in a handful of other books and publications. He is completing a full-length biography of the Reverend Al Sharpton which was scheduled to be published in Fall 2021.{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/The-Evolution-Al-Sharpton-Provocative/dp/1932841733/ref=sr_1_18?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1340316824&sr=1-18&keywords=Al+Sharpton |title = The Evolution of Al Sharpton: The Provocative Politics of the People's Preacher: Watson, Jamal Eric, Dyson, Michael Eric: 9781932841732: Amazon.com: Books}}