Farai Chideya

A modern day wordsmith and humanitarian who can go from serious journalism to free-spirited fiction, Farai Chideya has worked in print, television, online, and radio. Prior to joining NPR's "News & Notes," she hosted "Your Call," a daily news and cultural call-in show on San Francisco's KALW 91.7 FM. Chideya has also been a correspondent for ABC News, anchored the prime time program Pure Oxygen on the Oxygen women's channel, and contributed commentaries to CNN, Fox, MSNBC, and BET. She got her start as a researcher and reporter at Newsweek magazine. In 1997, Newsweek named her to its "Century Club" of 100 people to watch. In 1996, she spent the presidential election season as a CNN Political Analyst and was named to The New York Daily News' "Dream Team" of political reporters and commentators. Her first novel, Kiss the Sky, will be released soon, and explores the life of a rebounding rock-star fighting for fame.
Chideya's stereotype shattering book, Don't Believe the Hype:Fighting Cultural Misinformation about African Americans, is now in its eighth printing. Using statistics, she systematically undercuts the argument that African Americans are at the root of problems like crime, welfare and drugs. Her book, The Color of Our Future, was named one of the best books for teens by the New York Public Library and Trust: Reaching the 100 Million Missing Voters, shows why half of Americans are cut out of the political system—and what we can do about it. For more information please visit http://www.apbspeakers.com.

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