Holland is a Race & Ethnicity reporter for The Associated Press, responsible for coverage and analysis of this nation's minority and ethnic groups for the world's largest news organization. A former Supreme Court, White House and congressional reporter, Jesse was named one of 100 Most Influential African Americans in 2011 and is the youngest person on the University of Mississippi’s Top 50 Journalism Graduates.

His journalistic work has been recognized with several awards, including his being the only reporter named to Presstime Magazine's Top 20 Under 40 in 1997, the youngest person named as one of the University of Mississippi's Top 50 Journalism Graduates and the recipient of the 1996 Associated Press Managing Editors Association John L. Jesse is also the author of the award-winning book, 'The Invisibles: African American Slavery Inside the White House' and of 'Black Men Built The Capitol: Discovering African American History In and Around Washington, D.C.' In Black Panther: Who Is The Black Panther? Holland retells the classic origin of T’Challa, the original Black Panther, and updates it for the new century, giving new fans and longtime die-hard aficionados a good platform and some inside information for the new “Black Panther” movie from Marvel Studios debuting in 2018. Holland is an award-winning journalist and novelist and the author of the first novel featuring comics’ most popular black superhero, The Black Panther.

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