Writers on Record

In the first part of my three part interview with Michele Weldon, author of five nonfiction books, we talk about her newest memoir, Escape Points, and I throw multiple, fun questions at her. Michele is a senior leader of the Op-Ed Project, a social venture founded to increase the range of voices and quality of ideas heard in the world. She also started Medilltalks, a series of lectures designed to increase the visibility of new ideas about journalism from Northwestern faculty and the Medill community. She's a retired professor, editor, keynote speaker, and newspaper writer, contributing to places such as the Chicago Tribune, Huffington Post, LA Times, and TIME magazine. She has also appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, CBS Morning Show, and NPR.