Heben Nigatu

Nigatu was born in Ethiopia.{{Cite news|url=https://nyc.moma.org/heben-nigatu-and-tracy-clayton-523d7b65d1dc|title=Heben Nigatu and Tracy Clayton of Another Round|date=5 December 2016|work=Creative New York|access-date=26 August 2018|publisher=Museum of Modern Art|archive-date=1 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201054720/https://nyc.moma.org/heben-nigatu-and-tracy-clayton-523d7b65d1dc?gi=70e0396c924f|url-status=live}}

She grew up in Northern Virginia and attended Columbia University before leaving to join BuzzFeed.{{Cite news|url=https://nyc.moma.org/heben-nigatu-and-tracy-clayton-523d7b65d1dc|title=Heben Nigatu and Tracy Clayton of Another Round – Creative New York|last=Murphy|first=Henry|date=5 December 2016|work=Creative New York|access-date=27 October 2017|publisher=Museum of Modern Art|archive-date=1 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201054720/https://nyc.moma.org/heben-nigatu-and-tracy-clayton-523d7b65d1dc?gi=9e56e6dc3257|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=The End of the Internship|url=http://columbiaspectator.com/eye/2013/09/18/end-internship/|access-date=18 June 2020|website=Columbia Daily Spectator|archive-date=18 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618121539/https://www.columbiaspectator.com/eye/2013/09/18/end-internship/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Columbia Daily Spectator 20 September 2010 — Columbia Spectator|url=http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs20100920-01.2.6&srpos=2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-Heben+Nigatu------|access-date=18 June 2020|website=spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu|archive-date=19 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619042615/http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs20100920-01.2.6&srpos=2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-Heben+Nigatu------|url-status=live}}

Nigatu began working at BuzzFeed first on a three-month fellowship while still a student, then joined the full-time staff.{{Cite news|url=https://rollingout.com/2016/09/05/another-round-heben-tracy/|title=Another Round with Heben Nigatu who shakes things up|last=Young|first=Yolanda|date=5 September 2016|work=Rolling Out|access-date=27 October 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=28 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028042423/https://rollingout.com/2016/09/05/another-round-heben-tracy/|url-status=live}}

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In March 2015, Nigatu and co-host Tracy Clayton launched BuzzFeed podcast Another Round. The Onion A.V. Club described Nigatu and Clayton as "funny and insightful hosts, bringing their infectious personalities to conversations that range from squirrels to self-care to microaggressions in the workplace."{{Cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/detail/another-round-and-internet-explorer-confirms-power-220779|title=Another Round and Internet Explorer confirm the power of BuzzFeed's podcasts|author=Laura M. Browning |author2=Dan Caffrey |author3=Ben Cannon |author4=Randall Colburn |author5=Dan Fitchette |author6=B.G. Henne |author7=Anna Hrachovec |author8=Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya |author9=Dan Telfer |date=15 June 2015|website=A.V.Club|access-date=25 March 2016|archive-date=22 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322003529/http://www.avclub.com/detail/another-round-and-internet-explorer-confirms-power-220779|url-status=live}} The Guardian called them "the smartest, funniest women in the room and everyone wants to sit at their table";{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/dec/13/listen-to-this-another-round-podcast-tracy-clayton-heben-nigatu|title=Listen To This: Another Round podcast changes the world one drink at a time|last=Locker|first=Melissa|date=13 December 2015|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=25 March 2016|archive-date=4 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104003419/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/dec/13/listen-to-this-another-round-podcast-tracy-clayton-heben-nigatu|url-status=live}} likewise writing for The Guardian, critic Sasha Frere-Jones described Clayton and Nigatu "leading American cultural critics."{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/26/we-love-you-beyonce-fans-today-formation-world-tour|title='We love you Beyoncé': what Queen Bey means to her fans now|last=Frere-Jones|first=Sasha|date=25 June 2016|website=The Guardian|access-date=27 June 2016|archive-date=20 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920215018/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/26/we-love-you-beyonce-fans-today-formation-world-tour|url-status=live}} In its first year, Another Round was rated by iTunes,{{Cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/blog/apples-itunes-best-of-2015-list-for-podcasts-includes-a-ton-of-la-based-favorites-120915|title=Apple's iTunes Best of 2015 list for podcasts includes a ton of LA-based favorites|website=Time Out Los Angeles|date=9 December 2015 |access-date=25 March 2016|archive-date=16 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316010901/http://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/blog/apples-itunes-best-of-2015-list-for-podcasts-includes-a-ton-of-la-based-favorites-120915|url-status=live}} Slate,{{Cite news|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/12/14/reply_all_another_round_and_radiolab_best_podcasts_of_2015.html|title=The 10 Best Podcast Episodes of 2015|last=Onion|first=Rebecca|date=14 December 2015|newspaper=Slate|language=en-US|issn=1091-2339|access-date=25 March 2016|archive-date=22 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322140633/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/12/14/reply_all_another_round_and_radiolab_best_podcasts_of_2015.html|url-status=live}} Vulture,{{Cite web|url=http://www.vulture.com/2015/12/10-best-podcasts-2015.html|title=The 10 Best Podcasts and 10 Best Podcast Episodes of 2015|website=Vulture|date=11 December 2015 |access-date=25 March 2016|archive-date=25 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325001712/http://www.vulture.com/2015/12/10-best-podcasts-2015.html|url-status=live}} and The Atlantic{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/12/the-50-best-podcast-episodes-of-2015/421572/|title=The 50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2015|last=McQuade|first=Laura Jane Standley, Devon Taylor, and Eric|website=The Atlantic|date=22 December 2015 |language=en-US|access-date=25 March 2016|archive-date=7 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407143618/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/12/the-50-best-podcast-episodes-of-2015/421572/|url-status=live}} as a "Best of 2015" podcast.

In late 2017, Nigatu and Clayton announced that BuzzFeed had decided to stop producing Another Round, but the two hosts were granted ownership of the show and plan to continue it outside BuzzFeed, after a hiatus.{{Cite news|url=http://www.niemanlab.org/2018/01/apple-podcast-analytics-is-finally-live-and-with-it-the-ability-to-see-how-many-people-are-skipping-ads/|title=Apple Podcast Analytics is finally live (and with it, the ability to see how many people are skipping ads)|last=Quah|first=Nicholas|date=2 January 2018|work=Nieman Lab|access-date=7 January 2018|archive-date=5 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505115738/https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/01/apple-podcast-analytics-is-finally-live-and-with-it-the-ability-to-see-how-many-people-are-skipping-ads/|url-status=live}}

In April 2016, after three and a half years working for BuzzFeed, Nigatu announced she was moving to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, but would continue hosting Another Round.{{Cite web|url=http://blavity.com/the-late-show-just-got-hebenly/|title=Heben Nigatu announces move to 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' -|last=Phillips|first=Kadisha|date=28 April 2016|website=Blavity|language=en-US|access-date=21 May 2016|archive-date=2 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602055004/http://blavity.com/the-late-show-just-got-hebenly/|url-status=live}} She continued at The Late Show until January 2017.{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/heavenrants/status/822469425341300736|title=Heben Nigatu on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=16 April 2017|language=en|archive-date=22 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422110246/https://twitter.com/heavenrants/status/822469425341300736|url-status=live}}

On 15 February 2019, it was announced that Nigatu was a staff writer for Desus & Mero, the comedy duo's 2019 late night show on Showtime.

In the wake of the 2016 police shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, Nigatu created the hashtag #CarefreeBlackKids2k16.{{cite news|last1=Finley|first1=Taryn|title=18 Times Black People Broke The Internet In 2016|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/2016-black-people-broke-the-internet_us_5849c767e4b08283d6b54933|access-date=16 April 2017|work=Huffington Post|date=13 December 2016|archive-date=17 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417071439/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/2016-black-people-broke-the-internet_us_5849c767e4b08283d6b54933|url-status=live}} Blavity described the photos and videos accompanying the hashtag "the bright light we needed after this troubling week."{{cite news|last1=Mangum|first1=Trey|title=#CarefreeBlackKids2k16 is the bright light we needed after this troubling week -|url=http://blavity.com/carefreeblackkids2k16-trending-just-needed-today/|access-date=3 September 2016|work=Blavity|date=8 July 2016|archive-date=6 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160906102511/http://blavity.com/carefreeblackkids2k16-trending-just-needed-today/|url-status=live}}

• Forbes, 30 Under 30 (2016){{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/flji45ffil/heben-nigatu-24/|title=Heben Nigatu, 24 – In Photos: 2016 30 Under 30: Media|last=Inverso|first=Emily|website=Forbes|access-date=26 March 2016|archive-date=27 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027234036/https://www.forbes.com/pictures/flji45ffil/heben-nigatu-24/|url-status=live}}
• Fast Company, Most Creative People (2016){{Cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/person/heben-nigatu|title=Meet Heben Nigatu, one of Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People 2016|website=Fast Company|language=en-US|access-date=4 February 2020|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129103018/https://www.fastcompany.com/person/heben-nigatu|url-status=live}}
• The Root, The Root 100 (2016){{Cite news|url=http://onehundred.theroot.com/facewall/the-root-100-2016/#heben-nigatu|title=The Root 100 2016 – 23 Heben Nigatu|date=27 September 2016|work=The Root|access-date=16 April 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=17 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217083304/http://onehundred.theroot.com/facewall/the-root-100-2016/#heben-nigatu|url-status=live}}

Nigatu lives in Brooklyn.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/31/nyregion/heben-nigatu-tracy-clayton-another-round.html|title=How Podcasters Heben Nigatu and Tracy Clayton Spend Their Sunday|last=Gorce|first=Tammy La|date=31 March 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=2 April 2017|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402220453/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/31/nyregion/heben-nigatu-tracy-clayton-another-round.html|url-status=live}}

• Carefree Black Girls

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• [https://twitter.com/heavenrants Heben Nigatu] on Twitter
• [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/brief/179112/heben-nigatu-and-tracy-clayton "What It Means to be Unapologetically Black] – Heben Nigatu and Tracy Clayton on PBS Newshour's "Brief but Spectacular"

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