In an era marked by deep political and social divides in the United States, two Black women stand at the helm of Detroit’s most influential newsrooms: Outlier Media and the Detroit Free Press. Erin ...
Nicole Avery Nichols
Nicole Avery Nichols is editor and VP of the Detroit Free Press, Michigan’s largest newspaper. Nichols joined the Free Press as a features writer more than two decades ago. While rising through the editing ranks, she has coordinated coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, the #MeToo movement, the opioid crisis, the racial unrest following the murder of George Floyd, and much more. From the start of her career as a weekend reporter at the Observer-Dispatch in Utica, N.Y., Nichols has been a champion of stories that center people. More than 30 years in, and she’s still determined to amplify the voices of those who have historically been forced to whisper.
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