Nikole Hannah-Jones
NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES聽is a MacArthur Genius for 鈥渞eshaping national conversations around education reform.鈥澛燬he is the creator of the聽New York Times Magazine鈥檚 鈥淭he 1619 Project,鈥 about the history and lasting legacy of American slavery, for which her powerful introductory essay was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for commentary. She's also won a Peabody, two George Polk awards, and the National Magazine Awards three times.
Nikole Hannah-Jones covers racial injustice for聽The New York Times Magazine, and has spent years chronicling the way official policy has created鈥攁nd maintains鈥攔acial segregation in housing and schools. She聽co-founded the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting with the goal of increasing the number of reporters and editors of color. She holds a Master of Arts in Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina and earned her BA in History and African-American studies from the University of Notre Dame.