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

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''.

Early life

Joffe-Walt's parents, Brian Walt and activist Zara Joffe, are South African. She graduated from

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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 '' Planet Money''. 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 and Ira Glass, 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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