Simone Sebastian is The Banner’s deputy editor.
Most recently, she was a Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan. Previously, she was the founding editorial director of Capital B, where she helped build one of the country’s most audience-focused nonprofit news organizations. Under her leadership, Capital B broke multiple important stories and received the National Association of Black Journalists’ Best Practices Award in 2024.
Before Capital B, Sebastian managed The Washington Post’s America Desk, overseeing coverage of major national news events. Her team was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for its coverage of the Dayton and El Paso mass shootings, and she co-edited George Floyd’s America, a six-part investigative series that won a George Polk Award.
Her reporting has appeared in publications including The New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.
