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Layla A. Jones

Billy Penn Reporter

layla@billypenn.com @bae_lay

Layla A. Jones is a general assignment reporter for WHYY's Billy Penn. She's previously worked as a communications director for Councilwoman Cindy Bass, as a political reporter for the Philadelphia Tribune, and as an arts and entertainment web producer at the Inquirer.

She has a journalism degree from Temple University, back when Klein College was called the School of Communications and Theater. Layla's written everything from breaking news to feature-length artists profiles, but has a special focus on covering Black life, culture and politics.

Jason Segal and co-star Eve Lindley on Frankford Ave.

15 Philly locations in the new trailer for Jason Segel’s AMC series

“Dispatches from Elsewhere”? More like “Dispatches from Philadelphia.”

Skylines, including that of Moscow’s, are part of the new light show in the Ritz-Carlton lobby

There’s a cool free light show inside the Ritz-Carlton’s historic dome

Grab a bottle from the champagne vending machine and check out the display.

Paris Dennard, a conservative speaker, and Kamiliah Prince, RNC director of African-American engagement, speak at a Black Voices for Trump event in Sharswood

‘We’re not being heard’: Black Trump supporters say the president wins on jobs and economy

A Black Voices for Trump event drew upwards of 60 people of color to a North Philly church.

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A CPB officer helps a passenger navigate one of the new facial recognition kiosks that've already been rolled out in Houston

Face scanners are coming to PHL Airport next week

A pilot program at three international gates will test the new tech before it's rolled out everywhere.

Booker speaks during a campaign event in North Liberty, Iowa, in January

Why Booker dropped out: Struggling with financial resources, he ‘failed to connect’

The N.J. senator's departure leaves a 2020 Democratic field that's a lot less colorful.

The scene at Girard College on MLK Day 2018

MLK Day in Philly: Your best options for giving back on the national day of service

Think of the holiday as “a day on, not a day off.”

The scene in Frankford during the short but fatal gun battle

‘It was inundated’: Fatal police standoff in Frankford triggers memories of North Philly shootout

The hourlong gun battle shook up the Lower Northeast neighborhood.

Incoming Philly Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw; North Carolina property records from the late 18th century

What’s in a name? From criminal to elite, the history of ‘Outlaw’

Philly's new police commissioner has an interesting surname.

Stevie Wonder performs at Dilworth Park in 2015

Apply now to showcase your art or music on Philly’s most central stage

The Center City District is taking applications for acts to perform in Dilworth Park.

Shovels outside Diston Recreation Center in Tacony in September 2019

5 reasons Kenney’s grand Rebuild project might see some big changes

With a new director, the multimillion-dollar initiative is revving up.