Jenice Armstrong
Jenice Armstrong is an award-winning American journalist and columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer. She is also a member of the paper's editorial board.
Jenice has been an Inquirer columnist since 2017 and is one of the most widely read journalists in the city of Philadelphia. Before becoming the Inquirer's Metro columnist, the native of Washington D.C. and Howard University graduate held a variety jobs at the Philadelphia Daily News which hired her in 1991 as a business reporter. She also has worked at the Washington Post and The Associated Press. Armstrong is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and lifetime member and past President of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists.
Featured Column
'Blaxit'
A series about Black American expatriates who have moved to the West African nation of Ghana.
Ghana wants Black Americans to ‘come home.’ Many are accepting the invitation. I went to find out why. | Expats say they feel free in Ghana in a way they never could back in the U.S.
Ghana made history last week as it granted citizenship to 524 people — some of them Philadelphians | A Germantown native’s Ghanaian journey.
You’ve heard of Brexit? Well, Blaxit describes the exodus of Black folks from America. | Motivations for leaving the U.S. often include worries about racism, economic opportunity.
My visit to one of Ghana’s notorious ‘slave castles’ was a haunting reminder of the not-so-distant past | Grappling with the legacy of slavery — and making peace with Africans' role in it.
