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Farai Chideya
Distinguished Writer in Residence
Farai Chideya is an award-winning journalist and professor who has worked in print, television, radio, and digital media. Over the years, Chideya was a producer for MTV News; an on-air political analyst for CNN; a reporter and guest host at ABC News; a host at Oxygen Media; and the host of the NPR program News and Notes. She is the author of four books: Don’t Believe the Hype: Fighting Cultural Misinformation About African Americans; The Color of Our Future; Trust: Reaching the 100 Million Missing Voters; and the novel Kiss the Sky. She blogs at Farai.com; is a contributor to New York Public Radio; and appears on cable television programs and radio programs regarding politics. Awards include a National Education Reporting Award; an award for best radio documentary from the National Association of Black Journalists; and a special awards for coverage of AIDS in communities of color from the National Gay and Lesbian Journalists’ Association.
Published Articles & Essays
![Five Thirty Eight](https://journalism.nyu.edu/wp-content/uploads/logo-publication-five-thirty-eight.png)
![The Intercept](https://journalism.nyu.edu/wp-content/uploads/logo-publication-the-intercept.png)
![The New York Times](https://journalism.nyu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/logo-publication-new-york-times-1-200x200.jpg)
![The Nation](https://journalism.nyu.edu/wp-content/uploads/logo-publication-the-nation.png)
![The Root](https://journalism.nyu.edu/wp-content/uploads/logo-publication-the-root.gif)
![Farai.com](https://journalism.nyu.edu/wp-content/uploads/logo-publication-farai.com_.gif)
![The Root](https://journalism.nyu.edu/wp-content/uploads/logo-publication-the-root.gif)
![Farai.com](https://journalism.nyu.edu/wp-content/uploads/logo-publication-farai.com_.gif)
![Farai.com](https://journalism.nyu.edu/wp-content/uploads/logo-publication-farai.com_.gif)
![The Root](https://journalism.nyu.edu/wp-content/uploads/logo-publication-the-root.gif)
![Farai.com](https://journalism.nyu.edu/wp-content/uploads/logo-publication-farai.com_.gif)
![The Nation](https://journalism.nyu.edu/wp-content/uploads/logo-publication-the-nation.png)
![The Root](https://journalism.nyu.edu/wp-content/uploads/logo-publication-the-root.gif)
![Columbia Journalism Review](https://journalism.nyu.edu/wp-content/uploads/logo-publication-cjr.png)