Digital Expat. Journalist. Speaker. Morehouse College Visiting Asst.journalism prof. 🌎trotting+ Searching for the ancestors with my own legacies 👧🏽👧🏽👦🏾 Pre-order 📚: The Price of Exclusion (June 2026): https://bit.ly/4qcHeV5https://bsky.app/profile/nicolefcarr.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicolefcarr.bsky.social/post/3mkqfhxtqsc2nI have a good source who just laid out the plans for the rescheduled WHCD. I’d again suggest that journalists sit this one out. Don’t be unserious.30 Apr 2026 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:pkn4udh5c6k7d4bsdrsp6pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqfhxtqsc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicolefcarr.bsky.social/post/3mkpqik37yk2uIf you don’t read anything else today, read @sifill.bsky.social : https://open.substack.com/pub/sherrilyn/p/scotus-drops-the-other-shoe-on-the?r=45k8og&utm_medium=ios30 Apr 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:pkn4udh5c6k7d4bsdrsp6pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpqik37yk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicolefcarr.bsky.social/post/3mkpmyvfeb22mAs voting rights were decimated by the SCOTUS yesterday, our Morehouse journalism students happened to be presenting multimedia projects around democracy and voting access (data visualizations and short docs). These are themes we teach around 365.This was right on time. We need their sensibilities…30 Apr 2026 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:pkn4udh5c6k7d4bsdrsp6pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpmyvfeb22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicolefcarr.bsky.social/post/3mkoemg3vcs2eHey, fellow journalists. All those conferences when I coached you about being on the race beat, regardless your official beat? Do you understand the why today? If you don’t, consider another profession. With Love, and indelible patience/awareness, Nicole (Ferguson) Carr.30 Apr 2026 00:35 +0000at://did:plc:pkn4udh5c6k7d4bsdrsp6pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkoemg3vcs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/nicolefcarr.bsky.social/post/3mknrcpsgs22rBlack folks’ labor democratized America. Our access to the ballot box is one way you determine how close this nation can come to meeting its promise.29 Apr 2026 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:pkn4udh5c6k7d4bsdrsp6pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknrcpsgs22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicolefcarr.bsky.social/post/3mkegyi75j22aY’all had no business breaking bread at that dinner tonight. Anyways…goodnight.26 Apr 2026 01:51 +0000at://did:plc:pkn4udh5c6k7d4bsdrsp6pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkegyi75j22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/nicolefcarr.bsky.social/post/3mk6ceicqv22aThe American Society of Journalists and Authors recognized my Atlanta Journal-Constitution op-ed/essay "The school board was the testing ground for the fall of democracy" with an honorable mention. I wrote about the piece, (cont) https://open.substack.com/pub/nicolefcarr/p/asja-honorable-mention-the-school?r=45k8og&utm_medium=ios23 Apr 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:pkn4udh5c6k7d4bsdrsp6pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6ceicqv22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/nicolefcarr.bsky.social/post/3mj6abmoef22aIf you’re in L.A., I’d love to be in community w you at Reparations Club on June 26. Join my WSSU classmate/fellow journalist Tim Pulliam as we build conversation around my debut book, The Price of Exclusion. Tickets are available here (full tour will drop soon!): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-event-the-price-of-exclusion-w-nicole-carr-tim-pulliam-tickets-1987096314568?aff=ebdssbdestsearch10 Apr 2026 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:pkn4udh5c6k7d4bsdrsp6pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6abmoef22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/nicolefcarr.bsky.social/post/3miypzkkiy22yA “searing debut…” I am humbled by and grateful for this Publishers Weekly review of The Price of Exclusion. It’s one of the first media or trade reviews of my forthcoming book. You can read it and pre-order here: www.publishersweekly.com/9780063288126 @publisherswkly.bsky.social https://www.publishersweekly.com/978006328812608 Apr 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:pkn4udh5c6k7d4bsdrsp6pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3miypzkkiy22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicolefcarr.bsky.social/post/3miyhgvsq4s23Standing in solidarity with my former colleagues today: [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Apr 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:pkn4udh5c6k7d4bsdrsp6pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyhgvsq4s23https://bsky.app/profile/nicolefcarr.bsky.social/post/3mivyn3so7s2pThe President is insane, and has been for a long time. You should think about having your own head examined if you’ve ever chosen to normalize any of this.07 Apr 2026 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:pkn4udh5c6k7d4bsdrsp6pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivyn3so7s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/nicolefcarr.bsky.social/post/3mi7aojikek2aWe’re talking anti-Blackness + structural racism in healthcare at this year’s Bay Area Book Fest. The panelists are brilliant researchers, providers. Honored to join them+explore the themes in each of our books.Takes place just ahead of The Price of Exclusion’s pub day.Full schedule: baybookfest.org29 Mar 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:pkn4udh5c6k7d4bsdrsp6pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi7aojikek2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/nicolefcarr.bsky.social/post/3mhwcvsajy225“Investigative reporting is at the heart of “The Price of Exclusion.” Carr travels domestically and internationally in order to dive into what it took for Black physicians to break into the field.” Thank you to The Atlanta Voice for this unexpected, early review: https://theatlantavoice.com/nicole-carr-book-healthcare/26 Mar 2026 00:10 +0000at://did:plc:pkn4udh5c6k7d4bsdrsp6pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhwcvsajy225https://bsky.app/profile/nicolefcarr.bsky.social/post/3mh5b2vvitk22Just reposting one of my old newsletters in honor of Sinners to remind us that Misty Copeland has always been a Real Black One. Ballerina en Noir: https://open.substack.com/pub/nicolefcarr/p/ballerina-en-noir?r=45k8og&utm_medium=ios16 Mar 2026 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:pkn4udh5c6k7d4bsdrsp6pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh5b2vvitk22https://bsky.app/profile/nicolefcarr.bsky.social/post/3mgv6mhwqlk2mHere’s the thing with Target: A lot of us started the boycott before it became “official.” Then, we learned we could ABSOLUTELY live without it. Then, we learned how much money we’d saved. So, no. It’s unlikely coming to an end.12 Mar 2026 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:pkn4udh5c6k7d4bsdrsp6pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgv6mhwqlk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicolefcarr.bsky.social/post/3mgb5cu7x4c2gIn 2024, I investigated a powerful film studio/real estate executive and his racist, antisemitic communications. He exchanged messages about the stench of Black people. Now he’s running for Congress in Georgia to support Trump. I wrote about it here: https://open.substack.com/pub/nicolefcarr/p/he-exchanged-text-messages-about?r=45k8og&utm_medium=ios04 Mar 2026 20:39 +0000at://did:plc:pkn4udh5c6k7d4bsdrsp6pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgb5cu7x4c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/nicolefcarr.bsky.social/post/3mgaqhizix22rThis is the guy I reported on in ‘24 for ProPublica + AJC. We had a bunch of his racist, anti-Semitic text exchanges w his ex-gf. They text about how Black ppl smell…He didn’t respond to the story until The Hollywood Reporter picked it up: bit.ly/4cstvq6 + Apology/reax, No paywall: bit.ly/4b67Oty [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Mar 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:pkn4udh5c6k7d4bsdrsp6pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgaqhizix22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicolefcarr.bsky.social/post/3mg2bjkv5tk2wSpent the weekend reeling over war, preserving Black history on the final leg of our four-city film festival tour with our children in tow, and committing to our ancestors’ exercise of call and response at the ASALH Black History centennial celebration in Washington. What a time to be alive.02 Mar 2026 03:06 +0000at://did:plc:pkn4udh5c6k7d4bsdrsp6pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg2bjkv5tk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/nicolefcarr.bsky.social/post/3mfwdv3ihuc24I think they’re closer to Lucifer than Jesus Christ, Brother. Don’t take the rhetoric for face value. Rip off the masks. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Feb 2026 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:pkn4udh5c6k7d4bsdrsp6pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfwdv3ihuc24https://bsky.app/profile/nicolefcarr.bsky.social/post/3mfwdr4hgsk24Stop trying to make this make sense. It never did. It never will.28 Feb 2026 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:pkn4udh5c6k7d4bsdrsp6pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfwdr4hgsk24https://bsky.app/profile/nicolefcarr.bsky.social/post/3mfme7s4yrs23Spent the last few days in community with Black memory workers contributing their genius via multiple disciplines-librarianship,archiving, oral histories, storytelling, museum curation and much more.The historic convening of the Black Information Futures Symposium in Seattle. #blkinfofutures202624 Feb 2026 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:pkn4udh5c6k7d4bsdrsp6pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfme7s4yrs23https://bsky.app/profile/nicolefcarr.bsky.social/post/3mffbgr5b6k2mOur short doc, Through the Years, screened in D.C.’s Lincoln Theatre last night. It joined thirteen other films that document the Diaspora’s rich history. Thank you to film lovers who showed up, and the sisters who always show out. Hope I did you one good. 💕💚 Next Stops:Oakland, Miami and Atlanta. ✊🏾21 Feb 2026 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:pkn4udh5c6k7d4bsdrsp6pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mffbgr5b6k2m