birth_place awards nationality residence article_title name occupation alma_mater
united states tobenkin award from columbia university , 2012 american united states nikole hannah-jones
 nikole hannah-jones journalist , writer , media personality unc chapel hill
nikole hannah-jones

nikole hannah-jones is an investigative journalist notable for her coverage of civil rights in the united states .
she is recognized as an authority on topics such as resegregation in american schools and housing discrimination , and has spoken about these issues on national public radio broadcasts .
she wrote for many publications including `` the atlantic '' , `` mother jones '' , `` propublica '' , `` the new york times '' and `` new york '' magazine .
her reporting has won numerous awards .
her stories have been quoted in numerous other publications as being particularly important regarding race relations .
she reported how the school district , where teenager michael brown had been shot , was one of the `` most segregated , impoverished districts in the entire state '' of missouri .
reviewer laura moser of `` slate magazine '' praised her report on school resegregation which showed how educational inequality may have been a factor in the unfortunate death of brown .
hannah-jones grew up in waterloo , iowa and graduated from the university of north carolina at chapel hill .
she wrote for `` the oregonian '' and the raleigh `` news & observer '' .
she joined the nonprofit news source propublica in 2011 to cover civil rights .
