Charisse Jones

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Charisse Jones (born October 14, 1966) is an American journalist and essayist.

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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

Works

References

  1. Jones, Charisse` (1994-09-29). "IN THE STUDIO WITH: Cassandra Wilson; Singing a Song of the South". The New York Times .
  2. "Los Angeles Times: Archives". Archived from the original on June 4, 2011.
  3. "Overcome This!". NPR. 1997-10-29. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
  4. "Blues Woman". NPR. 1998-03-03. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
  5. "President Obama's Ambitious Agenda Takes Off". NPR. 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
  6. "Lost Girls of Sudan". NPR. 2007-07-24. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
  7. "Ms. Charisse Jones". HarperCollins Publishers. Archived from the original on 2010-02-06. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
  8. 1 2 "USA Today's Charisse Jones on business travel writing". businessjournalism.org. 2014-04-14.
  9. "Authors". blackwomenshifting.com. Archived from the original on 2009-03-02.