Apr 3, 2017
Nick Chiles is one of the nation’s foremost chroniclers of African-American life, culture and celebrity—both as a bestselling author and an award-winning journalist. He has co-authored several New York Times best sellers with icons like Bobby Brown, Rev. Al Sharpton and Kirk Franklin. As a journalist, Nick has won over a dozen major journalism awards, including a 1992 Pulitzer Prize as part of a New York Newsday team.
05:30 What are some of your hidden
talents beyond writing?
09:29 If you could do it all over again, would you have taken a
different academic path or are you satisfied with the route you
followed?
11:08 Take us back with you for a moment to a time when you really
failed at something you were working on and it was a complete mess.
Tell us how you handle that experience and the lessons learned?
15:53 What are the biggest gaps between what authors should be
doing and what they are actually doing?
19:43 Beyond the accolades and awards, how else has your career
created value in your life?
23:51 You've got kids much older than my own and I'm curious to
hear your thoughts and feedback on raising black children
today?
31:01 Share a couple great reads that have truly inspired you?
35:19 Share one action our aspiring Trailblazers should take this
week to blaze their trail?