18 Facts About Jami Floyd

Jami Floyd was born on September 10,1964 and is an American attorney, journalist, network news anchor, legal and political analyst, and former White House Fellow.

Jami Floyd is the former Legal Analyst at Al Jazeera America and the former Legal Editor and host of "All Things Considered" at WNYC Radio.

Jami Floyd is African American, born to a black father and a white mother.

Jami Floyd's family lived in Mitchell-Lama housing on the Lower East Side.

Jami Floyd received a Master of Laws degree in 1995 from Stanford Law School, Stanford University, where she worked as a teaching fellow.

Jami Floyd left the firm in 1993 to join the San Francisco Public Defender office, where she worked as a trial attorney.

Jami Floyd helped to vet judicial nominees and worked as a speech writer for the Vice President.

Jami Floyd spent much of her time in Los Angeles covering the murder trial of O J Simpson and the nationwide response to his acquittal.

On September 11,2001, Jami Floyd was dispatched by ABC News to cover the devastation at Ground Zero.

From 2010 to 2014, Jami Floyd was a regular contributor to the WNYC.

Since 2010, Jami Floyd has co-hosted, with WNYC's Brian Lehrer, an annual Martin Luther King, Jr.

In November 2021,4 articles authored by Jami Floyd that were published on the WNYC news site Gothamist between March and October 2021 were retracted for use of unattributed language from other publications.

Jami Floyd resigned from WNYC following the release of the report.

Jami Floyd was told by WNYC management that the plagiarism was a fireable offense.

On February 9th, 2023, Jami Floyd filed suit in federal court against WNYC and its parent company, New York Public Radio, for race discrimination, retaliation, and hostile work environment.

Jami Floyd and has won a Gracie Award, a Telly Award, and the National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Award and has been nominated twice for an Emmy Award.

Jami Floyd has won more than a dozen awards, including the Gracie Award, and the RTNDA Unity Award and she has been nominated twice for an Emmy Award.

Jami Floyd married criminal defense and civil rights attorney Kurt Flehinger, and they have two children together.