Chana Joffe-Walt is a radio journalist and producer. She has worked for ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Early life

Joffe-Walt's parents are South African. She graduated from

Oberlin College Oberlin College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio. It is the oldest Mixed-sex education, coeducational liberal arts college in the United S ...

in 2003.

Career

Joffe-Walt began her radio career volunteering for a community radio station outside Seattle, KBCS. She was later a reporter for the Seattle radio station KPLU and a freelancer for NPR before being recruited to work for ''

''. She then became a producer for ''

''. In 2020, the ''New York Times'' published ''Nice White Parents'', a five-part podcast reported by Joffe-Walt.

Awards

In 2016, Joffe-Walt, along with

Nikole Hannah-Jones Nikole Sheri Hannah-Jones (born April 9, 1976) is an American investigative journalist, known for her coverage of civil rights in the United States. In April 2015, she became a staff writer for ''The New York Times.'' In 2017 she was awarded a Ma ...

and

Ira Glass Ira Jeffrey Glass (; born March 3, 1959) is an American public radio personality. He is the host and producer of the radio and television series ''This American Life'' and has participated in other NPR programs, including ''Morning Edition'', ...

, won a Peabody Award for an episode of ''This American Life'' on school segregation and education.

References

External links

*''This American Life'
Radio Archive by Contributor - Chana Joffe-Walt
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