Michele norris npr biography books

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NABJ recognized Norris for her body of work, in addition to her coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign — when she co-hosted NPR’s Democratic presidential candidates debate, covered both conventions, anchored multi-hour election and inauguration live broadcasts and moderated a series of candid conversations with voters on the intersection of race and politics.

She was named one of Essence Magazine’s 25 Most Influential Black Americans in 2009; elected to Ebony Magazine’s Power 150 list in 2009; and honored with Ebony’s 8th Outstanding Women in Marketing & Communications Award, in 2007.

Norris also earned both an Emmy Award and Peabody Award for her contribution to ABC News’ coverage of 9/11.

Her voice informs, engages and enlightens listeners with thoughtful interviews and in depth reporting as one of the hosts of NPR’s flagship afternoon broadcast, All Things Considered. She’s interviewed world leaders, nobel laureates, oscar winners, American Presidents, military leaders, influential newsmakers and even astronauts traveling in outer space.

In her first book she turns her formidable interviewing and investigative skills on her own background to unearth long hidden family secrets that raise questions about her racial legacy and shed new light oPhoto Credit: Mary Noble Ours

Michele Norris is one of the most trusted voices in American Journalism.

Michele uses an approachable interviewing style that is at once relaxed and rigorous. She has received Emmy, Peabody, and Dupont Awards for her work. Norris is also a columnist for The Washington Post Opinions section, and her voice will be familiar to followers of public radio, where from 2002 to 2012 she was a host of National Public Radio’s afternoon magazine show All Things Considered.

Before joining NPR, Norris spent almost ten years as a reporter for ABC News covering politics, policy, and the dynamics of social change. NABJ recognized Norris for her body of work, in addition to her coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign — when she co-hosted NPR’s Democratic presidential candidates debate, covered both conventions, anchored multi-hour election and inauguration live broadcasts and moderated a series of candid conversations with voters on the intersection of race and politics.

She is also a board member of the Obama Presidency Oral History project at Columbia University and the storytelling committee for the Obama Presidential Center under construction on the South Side of Chicago. Her voice informs, engages and enlightens  listeners with thoughtful interviews and in depth reporting as one of the hosts of NPR’s flagship afternoon broadcast, All Things Considered.

Norris was honored with NABJ’s 2006 Salute to Excellence Award, for her coverage of Hurricane Katrina; the University of Minnesota’s Outstanding Achievement Award; and the 1990 Livingston Award for a series about a six-year-old who lived in a crack house. As the host of the Audible Original podcast Your Mama’s Kitchen, she brings her warm yet rigorous interviewing skills to conversations that are rich and revealing.

In 2022, she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. She has also worked as a staff writer for The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times.

Norris was a Shorenstein Fellow at Harvard University and has served as a Sine Fellow at American University. She is on the judging committee for both the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism, and the Livingston Awards.

Michele uses an approachable interviewing style that is at once relaxed and rigorous. Her voice informs, engages and enlightens listeners with thoughtful interviews and in depth reporting as one of the hosts of NPR’s flagship afternoon broadcast, All Things Considered. She is on the judging committee for both the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism, and the Livingston Awards.