Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of The New York Times鈥� acclaimed 鈥淭he 1619 Project,鈥� will be the next guest of the University Lectures series on Thursday, Oct. 8 at 7:30 p.m.
She will be interviewed by Rawiya Kameir, assistant teaching professor in the magazine, news and digital journalism department in the Newhouse School. A critic, editor and producer, Kameir was a finalist for the 2020 National Magazine Award in the Essays and Criticism category.
All individuals wishing to virtually attend the lecture听. You will then be sent a confirmation email with your personal link to access the virtual interview.
Nikole Hannah-Jones
黑料不打烊鈥檚 premier speaker series, the University Lectures brings to 黑料不打烊 audience members and the larger public notable guest speakers of exceptional accomplishment who share their diverse global experiences and perspectives. The series was created through, and is supported by, the generosity of alumnus Robert B. Menschel 鈥�51. Media sponsor for the University Lectures is .
Hannah-Jones鈥� appearance is co-sponsored by the , which is presenting .
Hannah-Jones covers racial injustice for 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.听Her deeply personal reports on the black experience in America听offer a compelling case for greater equity.
She was named a听 for 鈥渞eshaping national conversations around education reform.鈥� This is but one honor in a growing list. Her story 鈥淲orlds Apart鈥� in听The New York Times Magazine听won the听National Magazine Award (a.k.a. Ellie) for 鈥渏ournalism that illuminates issues of national importance鈥� as well as the听Hillman Prize for Magazine Journalism.
In 2016, Hannah-Jones was awarded a Peabody Award and a George Polk Award for radio reporting for her听鈥�This American Life鈥�听story 鈥淭he Problem We All Live With.鈥澨齋he was named Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists and was also named to 2019鈥檚 The Root 100 as well as Essence鈥檚 Woke 100. Her reporting has also won Deadline Club Awards, Online Journalism Awards,听the Sigma Delta Chi Award for Public Service, the Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize for Distinguished Education Reporting and听the Emerson College President鈥檚 Award for Civic Leadership.
Most recently, The New York Times Magazine鈥檚 that she spearheaded on the history and lasting legacy of American slavery went viral, and her powerful introductory essay鈥攚ritten under the headline 鈥淥ur Democracy鈥檚 Founding Ideals Were False When They Were Written. Black Americans Have Fought to Make Them True鈥濃€攚as awarded the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for commentary. Named for the year the first enslaved Africans arrived in America, the project features an ongoing series of essays and art on the relationship between slavery and everything from social infrastructure and segregation, to music and sugar鈥攁ll by Black American authors, activists, journalists and others.
Nothing we know about American life today has been untouched by the legacy of slavery. 鈥淭he 1619 Project鈥� quickly went viral鈥攖he print issue flew off shelves immediately, prompting hundreds of thousands of extra copies to be printed鈥攕preading its heartbreaking and important message worldwide. Random House announced听that it will be adapting the project into a graphic novel and four听publications for young readers, while also releasing an extended version of the original听publication, including more essays, fiction and poetry.
Earlier this year, Hannah-Jones appeared on to discuss the project. And an impactful ad about the project鈥攁 collaboration with singer-songwriter Janelle Mon谩e鈥攄ebuted at the Oscars just days later.
In addition to Hannah-Jones鈥� Pulitzer, 鈥淭he 1619 Project鈥� won two 2020 National Magazine Awards this past May, in the Public Interest category and in the Podcasting category, for three audio pieces.
In February 2020, she was profiled by Essence as part of its Black History Month series, celebrating 鈥渢he accomplishments made by those in the past, as well as those paving the way for the future.鈥�
Hannah-Jones co-founded the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting with the goal of increasing the number of reporters and editors of color.
Along with听The New York Times, her reporting has been featured in听ProPublica,听The Atlantic Magazine, Huffington Post, Essence, The Week Magazine,听Grist, Politico Magazine and on听鈥淔ace the Nation,鈥� 鈥淭his American Life,鈥� 鈥淭he Tom Joyner Morning Show,鈥� MSNBC, C-SPAN,听Democracy Now and radio stations across the country.
The University Lectures series will continue virtually via Zoom this semester with celebrated designer, international tastemaker, television personality and 黑料不打烊 alumnus Thom Filicia 鈥�04 (鈥淨ueer Eye for the Straight Guy鈥�) on Oct. 27.
