Soraya Nadia McDonald

Soraya Nadia McDonald is an American writer and culture critic. She is the culture critic for The Undefeated. McDonald was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for criticism.[1][2]

Career

McDonald was raised in North Carolina.[3] She received her bachelor's degree from Howard University,[4] during which she interned for the high school sports desk at The Washington Post. She returned to the Post after graduation as a staff reporter[3] and left in January 2016 to work as the senior culture writer for The Undefeated.[4]

McDonald's writing covers pop culture, sports, race, gender, and sexuality.[1] She frequently focuses her criticism on the intersection of art and race and has written on topics such as the weaknesses of a post-racial Gilead in The Handmaid's Tale,[5] and the racial anxiety of BlackAF.[6] McDonald often critiques the nature of American theater's engagement with the topic of race[7] and has written about shows such as Choir Boy, White Noise, and Slave Play.[8]

McDonald is also a commentator on current events such as the implications of racial disparities in COVID-19 cases.[9] Her work has appeared in and been cited in books and journalistic outlets such as NPR, Vox, and Elle.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

In 2020 she contributed a chapter to the volume Believe Me edited by Jessica Valenti and Jaclyn Friedman.[19]

Awards and honors

She is the winner of the 2020 George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism.[20] McDonald was the runner up for the Vernon Jarrett Medal presented by Morgan State University.[1] On May 4, 2020, she was named a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.[2]

References
  1. "Vernon Jarrett Medal to be Presented to New York Times Reporter For Her Work in Coverage Of Hate Crime, Race, and Identity". Morgan State University Newsroom. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  2. "2020 Pulitzer Prize Winners & Finalists". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  3. "Episode 13: A candid conversation with Washington Post reporter Soraya McDonald - Behind the Prose". Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  4. "The intersection of race, sports and culture: Kevin Merida and The Undefeated". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  5. Bastién, Angelica Jade. "In Its First Season, The Handmaid's Tale Greatest Failing Is How It Handles Race". Vulture. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  6. Ibrahim, Shamira (2020-04-26). "What Kenya Barris Doesn't Understand About '#BlackAF'". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  7. "Online cultural critic wins 2019-20 Nathan Award". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  8. Seymour, Lee. "Why The Pulitzer Win For 'A Strange Loop' Is Historic—On Multiple Levels". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  9. "Racial Disparities Emerge During Epidemics — Like The 1918 Flu". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  10. VanDerWerff, Emily Todd (2019-12-31). "Culture in the 2010s was obsessed with finding community — and building walls". Vox. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  11. "How Iggy Azalea Fell From 'Fancy' To Cancelled". www.kuaf.com. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  12. Radner, Hilary (2017-01-20). The New Woman's Film: Femme-centric Movies for Smart Chicks. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-317-28648-6.
  13. Kaklamanidou, Betty; Tally, Margaret (2016-10-04). Politics and Politicians in Contemporary US Television: Washington as Fiction. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-317-07849-4.
  14. Miller, Richard E. (2019-02-19). On the End of Privacy: Dissolving Boundaries in a Screen-Centric World. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-8651-5.
  15. "TV Critics Give Their Under-The-Radar Picks". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  16. Hall, Chloe; Webb, Alysha (2017-11-29). "What Meghan Markle's Royal Engagement Means to 16 Black Women". ELLE. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  17. Garber, Megan (2017-01-18). "'Hidden Figures' and the Appeal of Math in an Age of Uncertainty". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  18. Kapos, Shia. "PRITZKER FOR PRESIDENT? — GETTING IN BUDGET BINDS — MISSION: PPE". POLITICO. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  19. Believe Me. 2019-02-05.
  20. Desk, BWW News. "Soraya Nadia McDonald is This Year's Winner of the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
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