Jemele Juanita Hill is an American sports anchor and reporter currently affiliated with Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN). She co-hosts the network’s flagship show ‘Sportscenter’ with Michael Smith. A Detroit native, she was raised by her single mother and had a rough childhood. Despite this, she maintained good grades throughout her academic life and graduated from the Michigan State University. Beginning her career as a general assignment sports writer for the Raleigh News & Observer, she later joined Detroit Free Press. She also served as a columnist for the Orlando Sentinel before being hired by ESPN as a national columnist. In 2014, she and Smith started hosting their TV first show together, ‘His & Hers,’ a sports discussion program on ESPN2. They were promoted to host ‘Sportscenter’ in 2017. Hill was conferred with the inaugural McKenzie Cup at the 2007 Poynter Media summit.
