Noor Tagouri - Bonobos Women's History Month

Before Noor Tagouri was Noor Tagouri - before her uncompromising storytelling changed the media landscape and placed her on the front lines of discussions about representation and responsibility in the media - she wondered if she should speak differently. In journalism school, she heard other students putting on their best Peter Jennings voices, and she set out to master the newscaster tone. She saved money and hired a pedigreed voice coach who taught in a hotel in Washington, D.C. and spoke in a moneyed drawl. During their meetings, Tagouri would read aloud. “I probably still have the folders of how every letter should be read. I would have to do exercises, like ‘ooh,’ ‘ah,’ ‘eh.’” Tagouri rolls her eyes.
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