| 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]