Nikole Hannah-Jones
Nikole Hannah-Jones | |
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Hannah-Jones in 2018 | |
| Born | Nikole Sheri Hannah April 9, 1976 Waterloo, Iowa, U.S. |
| Education | University of Notre Dame (BA) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (MA) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Known for | Investigative journalism, activism |
| Spouse | Faraji Hannah-Jones |
| Children | 1 |
| Awards | MacArthur Fellowship (2017) Pulitzer Prize (2020) |
Nikole Sheri Hannah-Jones (born April 9, 1976) 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.