Michele Norris is one of the most trusted voices in journalism. She is the author of the acclaimed book, Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race And Identity (Simon & Schuster Jan 2024) that explores these cultural issues during the period bookended by the presidencies of Barack Obama and Donald Trump and punctuated by a global pandemic, the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the storming of the nation’s Capitol. Michele is also a columnist for The Washington Post Opinion Section, the host of the Audible Original podcast Your Mama’s Kitchen, and her voice will be familiar to followers of public radio, where from 2002 to 2012 she was a host of National Public Radio’s afternoon magazine show, All Things Considered. Norris is also the Founding Director of The Race Card Project, a Peabody Award Winning narrative archive where people around the world share their experiences, questions, hopes, dreams, laments, and observations about identity — in just six words — as the starting point for conversations about race and belonging. Her Work at The Race Card Project was the foundation for her new book. Norris is also National Geographic Storytelling Fellow. She has received numerous awards for her work, including Emmy, Peabody and Dupont Awards. In 2022 she received the Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism from Harvard University’s Institute of Politics.
