Gail Mitchell joined Billboard's Los Angeles office as R&B music editor in 1999 and currently serves as the trade publication’s senior editor covering R&B/hip-hop. Prior to Billboard, Mitchell operated her own writing/editing firm, the Write Focus.

Before forming her own company, Mitchell was VP/executive editor for the daily fax publication Inside Radio, establishing the company’s West Coast office. Prior to that she held a similar post at weekly trade publication Radio & Records. Mitchell began her music journalism career at R&R in 1983.

Mitchell holds a bachelor's degree in communications from Loyola Marymount University/Los Angeles. She is also a trustee for the Los Angeles chapter of the Recording Academy. In addition, Mitchell serves on the board of LMU’s African-American Alumni Association and on the editorial advisory board for LMU’s alumni publication “Vistas.” She is also a member of the advisory board for St. Odilia Elementary School in Los Angeles.


Blog Entries by Gail Mitchell

Michael Jackson's Unparalleled Musical Legacy

Posted July 1, 2009 | 10:33 AM (EST)


Media frenzy. Pop icon Michael Jackson left us the same way he came to us.

But as rumors and conjecture about his financial situation, the welfare of his children and his past eccentricities swirl around the media universe, here's hoping the media follows the lead of his...

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