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Michele Norris
Michele L. Norris (/ˈmiːʃɛl/ MEE-shel; born September 7, 1961) is an American journalist. From 2019 to 2024 Norris was an opinion columnist with The Washington Post. She 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. Before that Norris was a correspondent for ABC News, the Chicago Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times. Norris is a member of the Peabody Awards board of directors. Having resigned from The Washington Post after the paper's refusal to endorse a presidential candidate in the 2024 United States presidential election, Norris is now a senior contributing editor at MSNOW.
Norris was born in Hennepin County, Minnesota, to Elizabeth Jean "Betty" and Belvin Norris Jr. Her mother is a fourth-generation Minnesotan and her father is from Alabama. Belvin served in the Navy in World War II. Norris attended Washburn High School in Minneapolis, and later the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she first studied electrical engineering, before transferring to the University of Minnesota where she majored in journalism and mass communications.
At the University of Minnesota, Norris wrote for the Minnesota Daily and then became a reporter for WCCO-TV.
Norris wrote for The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times. In 1990, while at The Washington Post, 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, Norris was a news correspondent for ABC News, winning an Emmy Award and a Peabody Award for coverage of the September 11 attacks.
Norris joined the NPR evening news program All Things Considered on December 9, 2002, becoming the first African-American female host for NPR. In 2015, Fortune described Norris as "one of [NPR's] biggest stars".
Norris's coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath won acclaim early in her time at NPR. She moderated a Democratic presidential debate in Iowa, alongside Steve Inskeep and Robert Siegel. In 2008, Norris teamed with Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep for The York Project: Race & The '08 Vote. Inskeep and Norris share an Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award silver baton award. While at NPR, Norris interviewed a range of politicians and celebrities, including President Barack Obama, Susan Rice, Quincy Jones, and Joan Rivers among others.
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 Norris had stepped down as a regular host of All Things Considered and would instead serve as an occasional host and special correspondent.
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Michele Norris
Michele L. Norris (/ˈmiːʃɛl/ MEE-shel; born September 7, 1961) is an American journalist. From 2019 to 2024 Norris was an opinion columnist with The Washington Post. She 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. Before that Norris was a correspondent for ABC News, the Chicago Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times. Norris is a member of the Peabody Awards board of directors. Having resigned from The Washington Post after the paper's refusal to endorse a presidential candidate in the 2024 United States presidential election, Norris is now a senior contributing editor at MSNOW.
Norris was born in Hennepin County, Minnesota, to Elizabeth Jean "Betty" and Belvin Norris Jr. Her mother is a fourth-generation Minnesotan and her father is from Alabama. Belvin served in the Navy in World War II. Norris attended Washburn High School in Minneapolis, and later the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she first studied electrical engineering, before transferring to the University of Minnesota where she majored in journalism and mass communications.
At the University of Minnesota, Norris wrote for the Minnesota Daily and then became a reporter for WCCO-TV.
Norris wrote for The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times. In 1990, while at The Washington Post, 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, Norris was a news correspondent for ABC News, winning an Emmy Award and a Peabody Award for coverage of the September 11 attacks.
Norris joined the NPR evening news program All Things Considered on December 9, 2002, becoming the first African-American female host for NPR. In 2015, Fortune described Norris as "one of [NPR's] biggest stars".
Norris's coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath won acclaim early in her time at NPR. She moderated a Democratic presidential debate in Iowa, alongside Steve Inskeep and Robert Siegel. In 2008, Norris teamed with Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep for The York Project: Race & The '08 Vote. Inskeep and Norris share an Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award silver baton award. While at NPR, Norris interviewed a range of politicians and celebrities, including President Barack Obama, Susan Rice, Quincy Jones, and Joan Rivers among others.
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 Norris had stepped down as a regular host of All Things Considered and would instead serve as an occasional host and special correspondent.
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