Nikole Hannah-Jones

Nikole Hannah-Jones
Nikole Hannah-Jones at the 2016 Peabody Awards
Born
Nikole Sheri Hannah

(1976-04-09) April 9, 1976 (age 50)
Waterloo, Iowa
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Notre Dame (BA)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (MA)
OccupationJournalist
Years active2003–present
Known forInvestigative journalism
SpouseFaraji Hannah-Jones
Children1
AwardsMacArthur Fellowship (2017)
Pulitzer Prize (2020)

Nikole Sheri Hannah-Jones (born April 9, 1976) is an American journalist. She is known for her coverage of civil rights in the United States. In April 2015, she became a staff writer for The New York Times. In 2020, she won a Pulitzer Prize for her work on The 1619 Project.

References

  1. ↑ Deutch, Gabrielle (2018-04-02). "Writer Hannah-Jones discusses black education, desegregation, and privilege". YaleNews. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  2. ↑ Hannah-Jones, Nikole (2019-04-09). "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 2019-04-10.