Charisse Jones
Charisse Jones (born October 14, 1966) is an American journalist and essayist.
Life
She was a staff writer for The New York Times[1] and the Los Angeles Times,[2] and a commentator for National Public Radio.[3][4] She has been a national correspondent for USA Today[5][6] and a contributing writer for Essence magazine.[7]
While at the Los Angeles Times, Jones covered social justice issues and the LA riots, for which she won a Pulitzer Prize.[8]
In 2010, Jones became USA Today's travel writer.[8]
She has one son.[9]
Awards
- 2004 American Book Award
Works
- Charisse Jones; Kumea Shorter-Gooden (2004). Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-009055-5.
References
- ↑ Jones, Charisse` (1994-09-29). "IN THE STUDIO WITH: Cassandra Wilson; Singing a Song of the South". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Los Angeles Times: Archives". Archived from the original on June 4, 2011.
- ↑ "Overcome This!". NPR. 1997-10-29. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
- ↑ "Blues Woman". NPR. 1998-03-03. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
- ↑ "President Obama's Ambitious Agenda Takes Off". NPR. 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
- ↑ "Lost Girls of Sudan". NPR. 2007-07-24. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
- ↑ "Ms. Charisse Jones". HarperCollins Publishers. Archived from the original on 2010-02-06. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
- 1 2 "USA Today's Charisse Jones on business travel writing". businessjournalism.org. 2014-04-14.
- ↑ "Authors". blackwomenshifting.com. Archived from the original on 2009-03-02.
External links
Categories:
- 1966 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American journalists
- 20th-century American women journalists
- 21st-century American journalists
- 21st-century American women journalists
- The New York Times journalists
- USA Today journalists
- NPR people
- 21st-century American essayists
- American women essayists
- American Book Award winners
- American journalist, 1960s birth stubs
- American essayist stubs