Nicole Carroll (journalist)

Nicole Carroll
Born	October 20, 1967 Longview, Texas
Alma mater	Arizona State University Georgetown University
Occupation(s)	Journalist, editor
Spouse	Bradley P. Hartman

Nicole Carroll (born 1967) is an American journalist. She was the editor-in-chief of USA Today in the United States and President of Gannett's news division.[1]

Early life

Carroll was born in 1967 in Longview, Texas.[2] She grew up in Canyon, Texas.[2] Carroll graduated from the Arizona State University Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in 1991, and she earned her master's degree from Georgetown University in 1996.[2]

In 2008, Carroll was inducted into the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication Alumni Hall of Fame.[3]

Career

Carroll began her career by working for El Paso Times and the East Valley Tribune.[4] She worked for The Arizona Republic from 1999 to 2018, first as an editor, and as vice president of news and the editor from 2015 to 2018.[4] At the Republic, Carroll led a project about the then-proposed expansion of the USA-Mexico border wall; the project won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting.[5] Her Republic teams were twice named a Pulitzer finalist (2012, 2014) in Breaking News.[6]

Carroll was awarded the Benjamin C. Bradlee Editor of the Year award from the National Press Foundation in 2017.[2]

In 2018, Carroll became a member of the Pulitzer Prize board. The 19-member Pulitzer Board comprises mainly leading journalists or news executives from media outlets across the U.S., as well as five academics or persons in the arts.[7]

Carroll succeeded Joanne Lipman as the editor-in-chief of USA Today in February 2018.[2][4]

Carroll is a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board, which presides over the judging process that results in Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists.[8]

Yearbook controversy

Carroll was editor-in-chief of the 1989 Arizona State University yearbook. In the yearbook was a photograph of two people in black face dressed as celebrities at a Halloween party. Carroll was credited with page layout for the photographs. Carroll has apologized for her role in publishing the photo spread, describing herself shocked when learning of "my role in publishing a racist and harmful photo in my college yearbook."[9]

Personal life

Carroll has three children with her husband, attorney Bradley Hartman.[10]

References

1. "Nicole Carroll". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
2. Edmonds, Rick (February 14, 2018). "Nicole Carroll named editor-in-chief of USA Today". Poynter Institute. Archived from the original on June 29, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
3. "Republic Editor Named to Alumni Hall of Fame". Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. 2009-02-04. Archived from the original on 2019-11-16. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
4. Steinberg, Brian (2018-02-14). "USA Today Names Nicole Carroll Editor in Chief". Variety. Archived from the original on 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
5. "The 2018 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Explanatory Reporting". www.pulitzer.org. 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-12-17. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
6. "The 2012 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Breaking News Reporting". www.pulitzer.org. 2012. Archived from the original on 2019-11-16.
7. Staff. "Nicole Carroll Named to Pulitzer Prize Board". USA TODAY. Archived from the original on 2019-11-15. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
8. "Pulitzer Prize Board 2022-2023". www.pulitzer.org. Archived from the original on 2022-11-09. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
9. "Republic review finds blackface in ASU, UA yearbooks". azcentral. Archived from the original on 2023-04-27. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
10. Wiles, Russ (February 14, 2018). "Arizona Republic editor Nicole Carroll named USA TODAY editor in chief". The Arizona Republic. Archived from the original on April 27, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2019.