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Celeste Headlee

(She/Her)
Rockville, Washington, D.C.
Writer, journalist, speaker. She/her. Black/Jewish. On Piscataway land. Detroit stan 4ever. Latest book: shorturl.at/dux56 Press-ashley@triple7pr.com

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Celeste Headlee is an internationally recognized journalist and radio host, professional speaker and author of bestselling books We Need To Talk, Do Nothing, Speaking of Race, You’re Cute When You’re Mad and It Starts with Self-Compassion. Her newest book is Freedom's Daughters and will be released in October. She teaches journalism at Morgan State University.

Her TEDx Talk, 10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation, has been viewed more than 40 million times. It is one of the 10 most watched talks…

What was your first job as a journalist?

Arts and culture reporter for KNAU

Have you ever used a typewriter?

I use a manual typewriter every day

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