Charisse Jones (born October 14, 1966) is an American

journalist A journalist is a person who gathers information in the form of text, audio or pictures, processes it into a newsworthy form and disseminates it to the public. This is called journalism. Roles Journalists can work in broadcast, print, advertis ...

and essayist.

Life

She was a staff writer for ''The New York Times'' and the ''Los Angeles Times'', and commentator for

National Public Radio National Public Radio (NPR) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It serves as a national Radio syndication, syndicator to a network of more ...

. She is a national correspondent for ''

USA Today ''USA Today'' (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth in 1980 and launched on September 14, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headq ...

'', and is a contributing writer for ''

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'' magazine. She has a son, Jordan Kinard.

Awards

* 2004

American Book Award The American Book Awards are an American literary award that annually recognizes a set of books and people for "outstanding literary achievement". According to the 2010 awards press release, it is "a writers' award given by other writers" and "t ...

Works

References

External links

"shifting website"
Living people The New York Times journalists USA Today journalists NPR personalities 21st-century American essayists American women essayists American Book Award winners 1966 births 21st-century American women journalists 21st-century American journalists {{US-essayist-stub