Michele L. Norris

Washington, D.C.

Columnist Education: University of Wisconsin, Engineering; University of Minnesota, Journalism Michele L. Norris is a columnist and consultant for Post Opinions and founding director of The Race Card Project. She worked as a reporter at the Post from 1988 to 1993, covering education, politics, the AIDS crisis and the impact of the region’s drug trade. She moved from the Post to ABC News, where she was part of a team that won an Emmy and a Peabody for her work on 9/11 and its aftermath. As a correspondent in the ABC Washington bureau, Norris covered presidential campaigns and government policy before returning to the education beat. In 2002, she joined National Public Radio, where she stayed for 13 years and, among other things, became the first African American female host of “All Things Considered.” In the fall of 2010, Norris founded the Race Card Project, inviting people from all over the world to distill their experiences and thoughts about race into six words. The Race Card Project won a Peabody Award in 2014 for excellence in electronic communication for the website and an NPR series of special reports based on stories from the archive. Honors & Awards:

Livingston Award, 1990
Essence Magazine’s 25 Most Influential Black Americans, 2009
Ebony Magazine’s Power 150 list, 2009
Ebony’s 8th Outstanding Women in Marketing & Communications Award, 2007
NABJ "Journalist of the Year," 2009
Peabody Award, 2014
Alfred I. Dupont -Columbia University Award for excellence in broadcasting
NABJ’s Salute to Excellence Award, 2006
University of Minnesota’s Outstanding Achievement Award

Latest from Michele L. Norris

Opinion

America is fragile this Inauguration Day. Our power rests in the ability to pick ourselves up.

We need to acknowledge that our foundation was never as strong as we believed.

Jan 19, 2021

Opinion

Cancel the traditional inauguration

The show need not go on for our democracy to flourish.

Jan 13, 2021

Opinion

Believe what you saw. With all this country’s white grievance, it was inevitable.

Until it is brought under control, the ideology that fueled the storming of our Capitol will pose a continued threat.

Jan 7, 2021

Opinion

How a WNBA assist helped Raphael Warnock win a Senate seat

The Atlanta Dream and women across the basketball league ran a master class in staying true to their values.

Jan 6, 2021

Opinion

Don’t call it a racial reckoning. The race toward equality has barely begun.

An epiphany is not the same thing as a reckoning.

Dec 18, 2020

Opinion

Black people are justifiably wary of a vaccine. Their trust must be earned.

It will take effort to overcome a long history of medical abuse.

Dec 9, 2020

Opinion

Biden is right that America needs healing. Just not yet.

I'm not ready to make nice.

Nov 11, 2020

Opinion

Will this election permanently change how we vote? Let’s hope so.

The changes made this year allow more people to participate in our democracy.

Nov 3, 2020

Opinion

The best way to get rid of covertigo is to throw the captain off the ship

Every day is Blursday now.

Oct 31, 2020

Opinion

The unfinished work of Bernard Cohen

Virginia honors the lawyer who won a landmark case that struck down state laws forbidding interracial marriage.

Oct 25, 2020

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