From newsmakers to
performers, health to finance, News & Notes
explores fascinating issues and people from an African
American perspective.
The one-hour daily
program is hosted by well-known broadcast and digital media
journalist Farai Chideya and produced at the NPR West
studios in Culver City, CA.
In a fast-paced hour,
News & Notes weaves on-location reporting,
profiles, one-on-one interviews and commentary to capture
the news and topics making headlines. A roster of respected
experts contribute regular segments on a wide range of
subjects, with input from the program's audience. The show
is also extending its reach into digital media and building
an online community through www.NPR.org to reflect how the
public is seeking news and information as well as Chideya's
proven experience in unifying traditional and new media. The
radio listeners and Internet users will be invited to help
the show identify issues of interest, spot trends, share
discoveries, offer personal essays, participate in shaping
the program and join in News & Notes' dialogue with
newsmakers.
Chideya has worked in
print, television, online and radio. Before joining News
& Notes in February 2005, she was host of Your Call,
a daily news and cultural call-in show on NPR Member station
KALW in San Francisco. She has also been a correspondent for
ABC News; commentator for CNN, Fox, MSNBC and BET, and
anchor of the Oxygen cable network primetime program Pure
Oxygen.
Chideya began her
career as a reporter for Newsweek and, in 1997, was
chosen one of the magazine's "100 People to Watch." She is
the author of three books and has written for such
publications as the New York Times, Vibe,
O and Essence. For her extensive
involvement in digital media, she was named one of
Alternet's "New Media Heroes" and PoliticsOnline.com's
worldwide "25 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and
Politics," and is recipient of a MOBE IT Innovator Award.
Other honors include a North Star News Prize from the North
Star Fund, recognizing journalists of color who have made
significant contributions to the field; a "Young Lion" from
the Black Entertainment & Telecommunications Association
(BETA), a GLAAD Award and a National Education Reporting
Award. Chideya graduated magna cum laude from Harvard
University with a B.A. in English.
