Heben Nigatu

Heben Nigatu presenting a quote from author Toni Morrison at XOXO in 2016

Heben Nigatu is a writer and the co-host of Buzzfeed podcast Another Round. Previously she wrote for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

The Onion A.V. Club described Nigatu and co-host Tracy Clayton as "funny and insightful hosts, bringing their infectious personalities to conversations that range from squirrels to self-care to microaggressions in the workplace."[1] The Guardian called them "the smartest, funniest women in the room and everyone wants to sit at their table";[2] likewise writing for The Guardian, critic Sasha Frere-Jones described Clayton and Nigatu "leading American cultural critics."[3] In its first year, Another Round was rated by iTunes,[4] Slate,[5] Vulture,[6] and The Atlantic[7] as a "Best of 2015" podcast.

In 2016, Nigatu was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list[8] and The Root 100.[9] In April 2016, after three and a half years working for Buzzfeed, she announced she was moving to The Late Show, but would continue hosting Another Round.[10] She continued at The Late Show until January 2017.[11]

In the wake of the 2016 police shootings of Alton Sterling and Philandro Castile, Nigatu created the hashtag #CarefreeBlackKids2k16.[12] Blavity described the photos and videos accompanying the hashtag "the bright light we needed after this troubling week."[13]

Nigatu lives in Brooklyn.[14]

References

  1. ↑ Laura M. Browning, Dan Caffrey, Ben Cannon, Randall Colburn, Dan Fitchette, B.G. Henne, Anna Hrachovec, Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, and Dan Telfer (2015-06-15). "Another Round and Internet Explorer confirm the power of BuzzFeed’s podcasts". A.V.Club. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  2. ↑ Locker, Melissa (2015-12-13). "Listen To This: Another Round podcast changes the world one drink at a time". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  3. ↑ Frere-Jones, Sasha (2016-06-25). "‘We love you Beyoncé’: what Queen Bey means to her fans now". the Guardian. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
  4. ↑ "Apple's iTunes Best of 2015 list for podcasts includes a ton of LA-based favorites". Time Out Los Angeles. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  5. ↑ Onion, Rebecca (2015-12-14). "The 10 Best Podcast Episodes of 2015". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  6. ↑ "The 10 Best Podcasts and 10 Best Podcast Episodes of 2015". Vulture. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  7. ↑ McQuade, Laura Jane Standley, Devon Taylor, and Eric. "The 50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2015". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  8. ↑ Inverso, Emily. "Heben Nigatu, 24 - In Photos: 2016 30 Under 30: Media". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
  9. ↑ "The Root 100 2016 – 23 Heben Nigatu". The Root. 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
  10. ↑ Phillips, Kadisha (2016-04-28). "Heben Nigatu announces move to 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' -". Blavity. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  11. ↑ "Heben Nigatu on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
  12. ↑ Finley, Taryn (13 December 2016). "18 Times Black People Broke The Internet In 2016". Huffington Post. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  13. ↑ Mangum, Trey (8 July 2016). "#CarefreeBlackKids2k16 is the bright light we needed after this troubling week -". Blavity. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  14. ↑ Gorce, Tammy La (2017-03-31). "How Podcasters Heben Nigatu and Tracy Clayton Spend Their Sunday". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
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