Michele L. Norris is an American radio journalist and former host of the National Public Radio evening news program All Things Considered, which she joined on December 9, 2002.
Background
Norris was born in Minnesota to Betty and Belvin Norris Junior. She attended Washburn High School in Minneapolis, and went on to attend the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she studied electrical engineering, and later the University of Minnesota, where she received an honorary degree in journalism in 2005.
Education
University of Wisconsin–Madison. University of Minnesota.
Career
She was the first African-American female host for National Public Radio. Early years
Norris was a correspondent for American Broadcasting Company News from 1993 to 2002. She wrote for The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times. Norris joined National Public Radio (National Public Radio) evening news program All Things Considered on December 9, 2002.
She was the first African-American female host for National Public Radio. On January 3, 2013, it was announced that Cornish would remain the host of the show and that Norris would instead return as a special correspondent.
She is also the author of The Grace of Silence, a book that started as an extension of an National Public Radio series about race relations in the United States called the Race Card Project. Personal life
Norris announced on October 24, 2011, that she would temporarily step down from her All Things Considered hosting duties and refrain from involvement in any National Public Radio political coverage due to her husband"s appointment to the Barack Obama 2012 presidential re-election campaign.
On January 3, 2013, National Public Radio announced that Norris would be returning to the organization in a new role as host/special correspondent, and that Audie Cornish would be taking her place on air traffic controllers .