In 2010, Vega was part of a team of
New York Times journalists that won an
Emmy Award for the documentary film "One in 8 Million," about the individual stories of New Yorkers. In 2013, Vega persuaded
Jill Abramson, then the executive editor of
The New York Times, to assign her as a national reporter on the newly-created race and ethnicity beat. In this position, Vega covered the
unrest in Ferguson, Missouri following the
shooting death of Michael Brown, produced a series of video interviews of minority comedians, and covered
microaggressions on college campuses. In 2015, her job title was eliminated, and she was reassigned to the metro desk to cover courthouses in the Bronx. She soon left the newspaper for
CNN, again covering issues related to social inequality, racial justice In 2017, Vega was a visiting lecturer at
Princeton University, teaching a course called "The Media and Social Issues: Reporting on Race in America Today". She was also an Eisner Fellow at
The Nation Institute. In March, 2018, Vega was hired by
WNYC and
Public Radio International as the weekday host of
The Takeaway, a morning news show. The show's previous host,
John Hockenberry, had retired in 2017 amid accusations of harassing female colleagues. At its height, around 280 radio stations carried
The Takeaway. As ''The Takeaway's'' host, Vega emphasized coverage of race and inequality. In 2019, Vega won the 15th annual Robert G. McGruder Distinguished Guest Lecture Award for media diversity at
Kent State University. After three years as host, Vega resigned from
The Takeaway on July 23, 2021, amid an internal investigation into allegations that she berated staff and was the subject of internal complaints.
Melissa Harris Perry succeeded her as host. In 2022, Vega was the host of Across Colors, a limited series podcast about parents and educators across the country who are trying to improve social and racial equity in schools. Vega currently writes for
The Boston Globe and is an advisory board member for
City Limits. ==References==