Michele L. Norris
Washington, D.C.
Columnist
Education: University of Wisconsin, Engineering; University of Minnesota, Journalism
Michele L. Norris is a columnist and consultant for Post Opinions and founding director of The Race Card Project. She worked as a reporter at the Post from 1988 to 1993, covering education, politics, the AIDS crisis and the impact of the region’s drug trade.
She moved from the Post to ABC News, where she was part of a team that won an Emmy and a Peabody for her work on 9/11 and its aftermath. As a correspondent in the ABC Washington bureau, Norris covered presidential campaigns and government policy before returning to the education beat.
In 2002, she joined National Public Radio, where she