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Dani McClain is an American reporter and author. Her work centers on race and reproductive health.
Career
[edit]McClain was a staff reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,[1] and a contributor to CityBeat in Cincinnati.[2] As of 2023, McClain was a contributing writer at The Nation.
In 2014, McClain was recognized by the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association with an award for Excellence in Online Journalism.[3] In 2018, McClain won a James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism for her writing on the experience of being Black and pregnant.[4]
In 2020 and 2021, McClain was the writer in residence at the Cincinnati Public Library.[5]
Personal life
[edit]McClain is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio.[6] McClain attended Columbia University, where she earned a bachelor's degree and a M.S. from the School of Journalism. She lives in Cincinnati.[5]
Works
[edit]Books
[edit]- We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood (2019)[7]
Essays
[edit]- "Anxiety is killing us: so what do we do about it?," Killing Trayvons: an anthology of American violence (2014), edited by Kevin Alexander Gray, Jeffrey St. Clair, JoAnn Wypijewski[8]
- "Homing instinct," Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements (2015), edited by Walidah Imarisah and adrienne maree brown[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "81 books for summer reading in 2019". Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ^ Dearing, Grace (2020-10-29). "Dani McClain Is Cincinnati's Active Writer-in-Residence". Cincinnati Magazine. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ^ "NLGJA Announces 2014 Excellence in Journalism Award Winners and Honorees - NLGJA". Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ^ "Winners of the James Aronson Awards for Social Justice Journalism" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ^ a b "Dani McClain | Writer-in-Residence". chpl.org. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ^ Dearing, Grace (2020-10-29). "Dani McClain Is Cincinnati's Active Writer-in-Residence". Cincinnati Magazine. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ^ McClain, Dani (2019). We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood. Bold Type Books. ISBN 9781568588551.
- ^ Killing Trayvons: an anthology of American violence. CounterPunch Books. 2014. ISBN 9780692213995.
- ^ Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements. AK Press. 2015. ISBN 1849352097.