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Biography of Farai Chideya

Farai Chideya has combined media, technology, and diversity during her 20-year career as an award-winning author and journalist. Via the Pop and Politics brand, Chideya is currently producing multimedia political specials via broadcast radio, web-video and social media with partners including WNYC and American Public Media.

The team behind "Pop and Politics with Farai Chideya" is road-tripping through America to interview people about economic anxiety and national identity crises concerning religion, immigration, and race. This project is a new twist on a continuing passion to combine online and traditional media. Chideya originally launched PopandPolitics.com as a blog in 1995.

Chideya is currently a "Leader in Residence" at the Colin Powell School for Policy Studies, where she is focusing on media training the next generation of public policy leaders.

She speaks frequently to business, college, civic, and youth au