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Nadra Nittle

Education reporter

I’m Nadra Nittle, The 19th’s education reporter and a journalist since the aughts. I’ve worked for newspapers including the Inland Valley – Los Angeles Times, El Paso Times, the Santa Fe Reporter and the Press-Telegram and online publications Vox and Civil Eats. I’ve also freelanced for The Guardian, Business Insider, Huffington Post, BBC News and NBC News.

As a foreign correspondent for The Guardian, I won an award from the Los Angeles Press Club for profiling artist Betye Saar. I’ve earned many honors from the same organization, including third-place finishes for three 19th stories: librarians fighting censorship, Karen Bass’ historic mayoral campaign and the nation’s first school named after late author Octavia Butler. A piece I wrote for California Health Report on the challenges youth with disabilities face as they transition to adulthood was a finalist for a California News Publishers Association award.

I briefly taught after college and have a master’s degree in education.

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Latest from Nadra Nittle

A ‘double red zone’: Alarms raised at many universities over sexual assault reports

Students at campuses around the country have protested their schools’ handling of sexual assault as more students are on campus for the first time after pandemic-disrupted years.

Nadra Nittle · December 2, 2021
‘Let's talk about what truly happened’: Native Americans push for inclusion beyond lessons about Thanksgiving

Many state curricula still don’t mention Indigenous people, or mention them only as part of history. But that’s changing.

Nadra Nittle · November 24, 2021
Muslim students often feel unsafe or unwelcome in schools, report shows

The harassment can be particularly hard on Muslim girls who wear hijabs, whose head coverings are sometimes offensively touched.

Nadra Nittle · November 18, 2021
Librarians are resisting censorship of children’s books by LGBTQ+ and Black authors

Attempts to keep books out of school libraries aren’t new, but there has been a recent increase in political challenges to literature.

Nadra Nittle · November 16, 2021

Articles by

Nadra Nittle

A ‘double red zone’: Alarms raised at many universities over sexual assault reports

‘Let's talk about what truly happened’: Native Americans push for inclusion beyond lessons about Thanksgiving

Muslim students often feel unsafe or unwelcome in schools, report shows

Librarians are resisting censorship of children’s books by LGBTQ+ and Black authors