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Nichole Shaw
Nichole Shaw is a 2021 honors graduate of the University of Iowa, where she studied journalism and English on the publishing track with a keen interest in issues of social and racial justice, particularly as it concerned diversity, equity and inclusion. She is the editor of Off-Kilter Media and a general assignment reporter at the Chicago Sun-Times, in addition to her work as Gazette fellow. She has worked at The New York Times, The Daily Iowan, Fools Magazine, VERVE Magazine, the National Association of Black Journalists’ NURU, Quill and Scroll, Public Space One/the Center for Afrofuturist Studies, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at UI. In all these positions, her mission has been to tell the stories of voices that often go unheard or ignored.
Latest Articles by Nichole Shaw
Staff Columnists Nov. 13, 2021 6:00 am1393d ago
People can’t be blamed for not wanting to enter a workforce that doesn’t value them as real people
Staff Columnists Oct. 29, 2021 3:00 pm1407d ago
Send the monsters away for good this Halloween
Staff Columnists Oct. 13, 2021 2:13 pm1423d ago
While people often think of race and gender, the scope expands much further beyond those demographics
Opinion Sep. 20, 2021 8:49 am1446d ago
There is an underlying commonality that all communities suffering from poverty experience, which is the lack of access to adequate education, sanitation, nutrition and housing.
Opinion Sep. 8, 2021 6:01 am1459d ago
The lack of criminal charges is what spurred the protests at the University of Iowa, starting with an online petition that garnered over 130,000 signatures to shut FIJI down nationwide.
Opinion Aug. 29, 2021 6:00 am1469d ago
It is no lie that Black-white biracial individuals experience a sort of privilege in the economy, relationships or intimate desirability, and imprisonment.
Opinion Aug. 11, 2021 12:00 pm1486d ago
According to the CDC, 99 percent of people dying of COVID-19 today are unvaccinated.
Opinion Jul. 21, 2021 6:01 am1508d ago
It’s a problem when newsrooms are less diverse than U.S. workers overall.
Opinion Jul. 4, 2021 5:00 am1525d ago
July 4 reminds me of the feeling that I don’t quite know what it feels like to be an American, nor understand what one really is.
Opinion Jun. 16, 2021 4:15 pm1542d ago
It’s important to consider why Iowa’s job openings have been left unfilled
Opinion Jun. 6, 2021 11:00 am1552d ago
Industries do not let people who occupy minority identities tell their own stories
Opinion May. 26, 2021 6:00 am1564d ago
This year has been identified as the worst year in recent history for legislative attacks against LGBTQ+ identifying individuals and …
Opinion May. 16, 2021 4:42 pm1573d ago
As a queer woman of color, I’ve been no stranger to hate and discrimination.