American radio journalist and producer
Chana Joffe-Walt is a radio journalist and producer. She has worked for "Planet Money" and "This American Life".
Early life.
Joffe-Walt's parents, Brian Walt and activist Zara Joffe, are South African. She graduated from Oberlin College in 2003.
Career.
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". 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.
Awards.
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.
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