For the two months that New York has been under lockdown, Nikole Hannah-Jones has committed to getting dressed (in a real outfit) and putting on (which she now has no excuse for failing to remove before bed) at least once a week.It’s a modest ambition, but for Hannah-Jones—who was just awarded the earlier this month for her groundbreaking in the —it has paid unexpected dividends.“I love makeup.
I love color. And I love to present myself in a very specific way, especially now—just to keep my sanity,” she says.Even in quarantine, the correspondent doesn’t need a reason to put on real clothes or even an audience to see her do it.