Nikole Hannah-Jones

Nikole Hannah-Jones
Hannah-Jones in 2018
Born
Nikole Sheri Hannah

(1976-04-09) April 9, 1976 (age 48)
EducationUniversity of Notre Dame (BA)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (MA)
OccupationJournalist
Years active2003–present
Known forInvestigative journalism, activism
SpouseFaraji Hannah-Jones
Children1
AwardsMacArthur Fellowship (2017)
Pulitzer Prize (2020)

Nikole Sheri Hannah-Jones (born April 9, 1976)[1][2] is an American investigative journalist, known for her coverage of civil rights in the United States. She joined The New York Times as a staff writer in April 2015, was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2017, and won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 2020 for her work on The 1619 Project. Hannah-Jones is the inaugural Knight Chair in Race and Journalism at the Howard University School of Communications, where she also founded the Center for Journalism and Democracy.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ Deutch, Gabrielle (April 2, 2018). "Writer Hannah-Jones discusses black education, segregation, and privilege". Yale News. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  2. ^ Hannah-Jones, Nikole (April 9, 2019). "It's my birthday today and I really want you to celebrate with me by watching this amazing documentary on Reconstruction that I had the honor of taking part in. And, yes, I was born on the anniversary of the end of the Civil War. I mean, of course". Twitter. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  3. ^ Asmelash, Leah (July 6, 2021). "Nikole Hannah-Jones declines UNC tenure position and will join Howard University". CNN.
  4. ^ "Two Iconic American Writers Join Howard to Create a Center to Help Educate the Next Generation of Black Journalists". Howard Newsroom. July 6, 2021.
  5. ^ "Two Iconic American Writers Join Howard University to Create the Center for Journalism and Democracy". MacArthur Foundation. July 6, 2021.

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