The process also made her address discomforting personal issues, most notably that her journalistic training was causing problems with people she’d loved and admired for decades. Not only did Norris become part of the story, she uncovered and had to discuss events and situations relatives wanted kept out of the public record. But the quest to discover these truths proved her most difficult assignment. She wanted to examine the complex, thorny reality of race and class through the prism of her family. It was the brutally honest, frequently painful recollections and opinions voiced throughout the series that led Norris to consider her own life and background and ultimately craft her poignant and insightful memoir, The Grace of Silence. Her interest in not only what people think but how they feel led to the creation of “The York Project: Race and the ‘08 Vote,” a superb series of frank and provocative conversations co-hosted by Norris and fellow NPR reporter/host Steve Inskeep. Though she’s earned the bulk of her acclaim and awards for her contributions to National Public Radio, Norris also covered educational, cultural and social issues for the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times prior to joining NPR. Accuracy and fairness have been the major qualities of Michele Norris’ work as a print and broadcast journalist.
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