Chana Joffe-Walt

Chana Joffe-Walt is a radio journalist and producer. She has worked for Planet Money and This American Life.

Chana Joffe-Walt
Joffe-Walt at the Peabody Awards in 2016
Alma mater	Oberlin College
Occupation	Radio producer
Employer	This American Life
Awards	2016 Peabody Award winner, 2023 Dupont Award winner

Early life

Joffe-Walt's parents, Brian Walt^[1] and activist Zara Joffe, are South African.^[2] She graduated from Oberlin College in 2003.^[3]

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.^[4] 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.^[5]

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.^[6]