Jason Reid
Jason Reid began his career as an editor at New York’s Tape House and Click 3X, where he worked as an editor on projects ranging from feature films to television commercials and music videos for artists including LL Cool J, and Naughty By Nature. Moving to Miami, Reid worked for Manhattan Transfer (formerly Post Edge) as an editor before joining the editing team at the Discovery Channel, where he spent 15 years as a senior editor for the company’s Latin America division. There, he worked for internal clients including The Discovery Channel, TLC, Discovery Kids and Animal Planet; editing series and network promos, creating creative campaigns, on-air promos and cinematic trailers for popular programs including “Toddlers and Tiaras,” “Pit Bulls and Parolees” and “River Monsters.” Reid has also worked as a freelance editor for NBC News’ Peacock Productions and edited documentary film projects for Moguldom Media Group / Moguldom Films. Reid directed principal photography for the Emmy Award nominated The Sit In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show, including interviews with Mr. Belafonte and Dionne Warwick. Reid graduated from the School of Visual Arts with a bachelor’s degree in film and video in 1994 and is the principal partner of Image Lab Media Group.
Joy-Ann Reid
Joy-Ann Reid is an MSNBC political analyst and host of nightly news analysis program “The ReidOut,” which airs weeknights from 7-8:00 P.M. ET. She previously hosted the weekend program: “A.M. Joy” (2016-2020) and a daily news show “The Reid Report” (2014-2015). A 1991 Harvard University graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Visual and Environmental Studies with a concentration in documentary film and a 2003 Knight Center for Advanced Journalism fellow, Reid has a longtime interest in politics and elections. During a hiatus from the news business, she worked as a press secretary for the national voter registration and mobilization entity, America Coming Together in 2004 and for the Florida branch of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign in 2008. Reid has written four books: Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons and the Racial Divide, We Are the Change We Seek: The Speeches of Barack Obama (with Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne), The New York Times best-selling, The Man Who Sold America: Trump and the Unraveling of the American Story and her latest: Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America. She has received four NAACP Image Award nominations and The ReidOut received the award for best talk program in 2020. The documentary she co-Executive Produced: The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show (directed by Yoruba Richen) was nominated for an Emmy Award. And she has received media awards from the Women’s Media Center, the National Action Network, and GLAAD.