Arundhati Roy’s first novel, “The God of Small Things,” won the Man Booker Prize in 1997. Her second, “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness,” was shortlisted for it. These books, written two decades apart, capture how India has changed. In addition … Read more
Wesley Lowery was just 25 when The Washington Post won a Pulitzer for the newspaper’s “Fatal Force” project in 2016. Lowery was the driving force behind the project, a database of deadly police shootings … Read more
Evan Osnos is a staff writer covering politics and foreign affairs at The New Yorker and the author of “Joe Biden: The Life, the Run, and What Matters Now” (Scribner, 2020). Published shortly before the election, the … Read more
Farai Chideya is a journalist whose career has encompassed academia as well as broadcast and print journalism. She has worked at news organizations including NPR, CNN, ABC News, FiveThirtyEight, and The Intercept. Chideya, who has reported from 49 states and … Read more
As a media critic, author, and educator, Eric Deggans is one of the nation’s foremost commentators on matters relating to race and the media. NPR’s TV critic — the first person to hold that position full-time — and a contributing … Read more
Political reporters Lisa Lerer and John Harwood know a thing or two about covering campaigns. Lerer, NF ’18, who reports on campaigns, elections, and political power for The New York Times, has covered four presidential campaigns, while Harwood, NF ’90, … Read more
Errin Haines is editor-at-large for The 19th*, a nonprofit news outlet covering the intersection of women, politics, and policy. Launched amidst the coronavirus pandemic and a national reckoning on race in August … Read more
After the World Health Organization declared that coronavirus was a global pandemic, news organizations became entangled in the increasingly hostile battle between China and the United States for global influence. In March, China announced it would … Read more
In January, shortly after the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of international concern, Dr. Ashish Jha, an expert on pandemic preparedness and response, felt confident the U.S. would rise to the occasion. “The notion that the world’s … Read more
The facts of Maria Ressa’s career are impressive enough: Princeton cum laude, Fulbright Fellow, CNN bureau chief in Manila and Jakarta, CNN’s chief investigative reporter in Asia, author of two books on terrorism, news division head at ABS-CBN, the Philippines’ … Read more
