16 Facts About Michele Norris

From 2019 to 2024 Norris was an opinion columnist with The Washington Post.

Michele Norris co-hosted National Public Radio's evening news program All Things Considered from 2002 to 2011 and was the first African-American female host for NPR.

Michele Norris is a member of the Peabody Awards board of directors.

Michele Norris was born in Hennepin County, Minnesota, to Elizabeth Jean "Betty" and Belvin Michele Norris Jr.

Michele Norris's mother is a fourth-generation Minnesotan and her father is from Alabama.

At the University of Minnesota, Michele Norris wrote for the Minnesota Daily and then became a reporter for WCCO-TV.

Michele Norris wrote for The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times.

In 1990, while at The Washington Post, Michele Norris received the Livingston Award for articles she wrote about the life of a six-year-old boy who lived with a crack-addicted mother in a crack house.

From 1993 to 2002, Michele Norris was a news correspondent for ABC News, winning an Emmy Award and a Peabody Award for coverage of the September 11 attacks.

Michele Norris joined the NPR evening news program All Things Considered on December 9,2002, becoming the first African-American female host for NPR.

Michele Norris moderated a Democratic presidential debate in Iowa, alongside Steve Inskeep and Robert Siegel.

Michele Norris announced on October 24,2011, that she would temporarily step down from her All Things Considered hosting duties and refrain from involvement in any NPR political coverage during the 2012 election year because of her husband's appointment to the Barack Obama 2012 presidential reelection campaign.

On January 3,2013, NPR announced that Michele Norris had stepped down as a regular host of All Things Considered and would instead serve as an occasional host and special correspondent.

In December 2015, Michele Norris left NPR to focus on the Race Card Project.

Michele Norris is the author of The Grace of Silence, a memoir and reported non-fiction book that started as an extension of the Race Card Project.

Michele Norris is host of the interview podcast Your Mama's Kitchen, which started in 2023 with Higher Ground Audio.