Michele Norris

Michele Norris
Norris at the 2024 Texas Book Festival.
Born
Michele Lisa Norris

(1961-09-07) September 7, 1961
EducationUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Minnesota (BA)
OccupationJournalist
Notable credit(s)The Washington Post
All Things Considered
ABC News
The Chicago Tribune
The Los Angeles Times
MSNBC
Spouse
(m. 1993)

Michele L. Norris (/ˈmʃɛl/ MEE-shel; born September 7, 1961) is an American journalist. From 2019 to 2024 Norris was an opinion columnist with The Washington Post. She co-hosted National Public Radio's evening news program All Things Considered from 2002 to 2011 and was the first African-American female host for NPR. Before that Norris was a correspondent for ABC News, the Chicago Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times. Norris is a member of the Peabody Awards board of directors. Having resigned from The Washington Post after the paper's refusal to endorse a presidential candidate in the 2024 United States presidential election, Norris is now a senior contributing editor at MSNBC.