A multiple award winning journalist who has worked for The New York Times, ProPublica and The Oregonian, Nikole Hannah-Jones started her journalism career at The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C. During her three years there, she wrote extensively on issues of race, class, school resegregation and equity. The creator of the 1619 Project, Nikole is a native Iowan, graduating from West High School. She received her BA Degree in History and African American Studies from the University of Notre Dame and her MA in journalism and Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
