Jas Waters Explained

Jas Waters
Birth Date:21 October 1980
Birth Place:Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Death Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation:Screenwriter
Journalist
Alma Mater:Evanston Township High School
Columbia College Chicago

Jas Waters (October 21, 1980 – June 9, 2020), also known as Jas Fly, was an American screenwriter and journalist. She was a staff writer for the television series This Is Us and also wrote for The Breaks, Hood Adjacent with James Davis, and Kidding.[1] Waters was a journalist in the hip hop industry,[2] writing a digital column for Vibe Vixen in the early 2010s and starring in the reality show The Gossip Game.[3] She advocated for the importance of black writers in the film and television industry.[4] [5] Waters was born in Evanston, Illinois,[6] and raised by her grandmother in a senior home. After graduating from Evanston Township High School, she attended Columbia College Chicago.[6] She died of suicide by hanging on June 9, 2020, in Los Angeles County, California.[7]

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  1. Web site: McGloster . Niki . 'Kidding' Writer Jas Waters On Her Journey To Hollywood And Having A Seat At The Table . Shadow And Act . November 5, 2018 . June 19, 2020 . en-US.
  2. Web site: Yoo . Noah . June 11, 2020 . TV Writer and Hip-Hop Journalist Jas Waters Dead at 39 . June 12, 2020 . Pitchfork . en-US.
  3. Web site: Thorpe . Isa . Hip hop journalist and TV writer Jas Waters dies . . June 10, 2020 . June 19, 2020 . en-US . May 22, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210522113539/https://www.revolt.tv/platform/amp/2020/6/10/21286853/jas-waters-dead . dead .
  4. Web site: Ryu . Jenna . June 11, 2020 . 'This Is Us' writer Jas Waters dies at 39; cast pays tribute to 'brilliant storyteller' . June 12, 2020 . USA Today . en-US.
  5. Web site: Hale . Andreas . April 10, 2018 . She's Bringing the Black Experience to American Television . June 12, 2020 . . en-US.
  6. News: Carras . Christi . Jas Waters, journalist and TV writer for 'This Is Us' and 'Kidding,' dies at 39 . Los Angeles Times . June 10, 2020 . en-US.
  7. News: Kubota . Samantha . June 11, 2020 . 'This Is Us' writer Jas Waters died by suicide, officials say . June 12, 2020 . . en-US.