Chana Joffe-Walt | |
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 Joffe-Walt at the Peabody Awards in 2016 | |
| Alma mater | Oberlin College |
| Occupation | Radio producer |
| Employer | This American Life |
| Awards | 2016 Peabody Award winner, 2023 Dupont Award winner |
Chana Joffe-Walt is a radio journalist and producer. She has worked for Planet Money and This American Life .
Joffe-Walt's parents, Brian Walt [1] and activist Zara Joffe, are South African. [2] She graduated from Oberlin College in 2003. [3]
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 . [4] She then became a producer for This American Life .
In 2020, the New York Times published Nice White Parents , a five-part podcast reported by Joffe-Walt. [5]
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. [6]
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