Nikole Hannah-Jones Named NABJ 2015 Journalist of the Year
(firmenpresse) - WASHINGTON, DC -- (Marketwired) -- 04/23/15 -- Investigative reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones today was named the 2015 Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ).
The annual award recognizes a black journalist who has distinguished himself or herself with a body of work that has extraordinary depth, scope and significance to people in the African Diaspora.
Hannah-Jones won for her body of work about the continuing segregation of America's schools. The stories -- which she wrote for ProPublica -- offer a critical exploration of access to opportunity and educational equity.
An "NABJ Baby," Hannah-Jones participated in NABJ's internship program and was placed at The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C., while pursuing her master's degree in mass communications at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
"Nikole has done powerful work exploring the fight for all Americans, especially people of color, to achieve the 'American Dream.' Educational and economic opportunities are part of that dream," NABJ President Bob Butler said. "She used her investigative reporting skills to shine light where it was needed most, and to bring the issues of race and impropriety to the forefront. She is most worthy of NABJ's highest honor."
Hannah-Jones will be honored with others at the association's Salute to Excellence Gala on Aug. 8 during NABJ's Annual Convention and Career Fair in Minneapolis. The gala recognizes journalism that best covered the black experience or addressed issues affecting the global black community in 2015.
Her coverage of federal failures to enforce the landmark 1968 Fair Housing Act won several awards, including Columbia University's Tobenkin Award for distinguished coverage of racial or religious discrimination. Her reporting has been featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic Magazine, The Huffington Post, Essence Magazine, The Week Magazine, Grist, Politico Magazine and on Face the Nation, This American Life, NPR, The Tom Joyner Morning Show, MSNBC, C-SPAN, Democracy Now and radio stations across the country.
NABJ congratulates Hannah-Jones on this well-deserved honor.
An advocacy group established in 1975 in Washington, D.C., NABJ is the largest organization for journalists of color in the nation, and provides career development as well as educational and other support to its members worldwide. For more information, please visit .
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