Nicole Carr is an award-winning journalist, professor, and speaker based in Atlanta, GA. Her work has explored the intersection of race, politics, education and democracy. 

Carr’s reporting and analyses have appeared in numerous national and local outlets including ProPublica, PBS Frontline, CNN, The Brooklyn Public Library’s Borrowed and Banned podcast, The Emancipator, The Grio, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, various television stations and networks, as well as public media across the country. She is a four-time Emmy award winning journalist. Her long-form narrative investigation into the anti-DEI movement earned a 2023 Sidney Award and her essay commentary on the democratizing force of the historic Black press won a 2025 award in Op-Ed from the American Society of Authors and Editors. Carr teaches journalism at Morehouse College where she’s developed courses in history of the Black press, social justice journalism and investigative reporting. She’s co-led students on international trips where they’ve reported on matters of the Black diaspora from Belize and Panama. 

Carr’s forthcoming book, The Price of Exclusion: The Pursuit of Healthcare in a Segregated Nation (HarperCollins Dey St. June 2026), is part ancestral journey and part historical reparation. It relies heavily on untouched archives and pages of the historic Black press to explore racism, medical education and the plight of Black physicians in America and abroad.

Carr is a proud graduate of Winston-Salem State and Syracuse Universities and is currently a Ph.D. student in the humanities at Clark Atlanta University, where she’s focused on African American studies. Carr, her husband and three children reside in Georgia.

You can connect with Carr through her Fortify newsletter, website, or @nicolefcarr social media handles.