Jemele Hill Net Worth
Popular American columnist Jemele Hill is known for her work for ESPN.com’s Page 2 and as a former host of ESPN’s First Take. She replaced Jalen Rose on ESPN2’s Numbers Never Lie in 2013. In 2016, her estimated net worth is about 800 thousand dollars. Let’s take a closer look on her career now.
Jemele Hill was born on December 21st, 1975, in Detroit, Michigan. She graduated from Michigan State University with a college degree in journalism and a minor in Spanish and began her career as general assignment sports writer, working for the Raleigh News & Observer. For six years, Jemele served as a sports writer with the Detroit Free Press, covering especially Michigan State football and basketball and the 2004 Summer Olympics and the NBA Playoffs. She also worked as a columnist for the Orlando Sentinel.
In 2006, Jemele joined ESPN as a national columnist on ESPN.com. She also makes regular appearances on TV, including SportsCenter, ESPN First Take, Outside the Lines, The Sports Reporters, and the show His and Hers. She won the first annual McKenzie Cup in 2007.
Jemele was criticized for few incidents, like referencing Adolf Hitler in an article about the NBA champion Boston Celtics and the Detroit Pistons, comparing basketball coach John Calipari to Charles Manson, accusing baseball player Sammy Sosa of being a racist etc. Despite this controversies, she has been successful and gained pretty great net worth as a columnist.
