Michele Norris — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Founding Director of The Race Card Project since 2010.
Serves as Senior Contributing Editor at MSNBC since 2024.
Host and Executive Producer of Your Mama's Kitchen Podcast since 2023.
Author of the New York Times bestselling book, Our Hidden Conversations.
Co-hosted NPR's All Things Considered from 2002 to 2011, becoming the first African-American female host for NPR.
Received an Emmy Award and a Peabody Award for coverage of the September 11 attacks while at ABC News (1993-2002).
Member of the Peabody Awards board of directors.

Biography

Michele Norris is an American journalist with a distinguished career spanning major news organizations. She currently serves as a Senior Contributing Editor at MSNBC, a role she assumed in 2024, and was an Opinion Columnist for The Washington Post from 2019 to 2024. Since 2023, she has also been the Host and Executive Producer of Your Mama's Kitchen Podcast through Higher Ground Media. Norris is the Founding Director of The Race Card Project, established in 2010.