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Ernie Suggs is an American journalist with [[The Atlanta Journal Constitution|''The Atlanta Journal Constitution'']] who writes about race and culture. He also writes about the [[Carter Center]] and former [[President Jimmy Carter]]. He oversees AJC Sepia, the newspaper’s Black news curation site |
Ernie Suggs is an American journalist with [[The Atlanta Journal Constitution|''The Atlanta Journal Constitution'']] who writes about race and culture. He also writes about the [[Carter Center]] and former [[President Jimmy Carter]]. He oversees AJC Sepia, the newspaper’s Black news curation site.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=Ernie Suggs |url=https://www.ajc.com/staff/ernie-suggs/ |publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |access-date=6 August 2021}}</ref> |
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| Education | North Carolina Central University |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
| Website | https://www.ajc.com/staff/ernie-suggs/ |
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Ernie Suggs is an American journalist with The Atlanta Journal Constitution who writes about race and culture. He also writes about the Carter Center and former President Jimmy Carter. He oversees AJC Sepia, the newspaper’s Black news curation site.[1]
Early life and education
He was born in Brooklyn and raised in Rocky Mount, N.C.[1] Suggs graduated in 1985 from Rocky Mount Senior High School. Suggs is a 1990 graduate of North Carolina Central University, with an English Literature degree[1]. He was editor and sports editor of The Campus Echo and a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity[2] In 2009, Suggs was also a Harvard University Nieman Fellow[3]
Journalism
Suggs joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 1997 and writes about race and culture, as well as a variety of breaking national news and investigative stories[1]. He has been the paper’s primary civil rights reporter, covering activists including Coretta Scott King, Joseph E. Lowery, C.T. Vivian, Hosea Williams, James Orange, Juanita Abernathy and Andrew Young. In 2014, he wrote about the protests in Ferguson, Mo. after the death of Michael Brown[4][5]. He also writes about the Carter Center and former President Jimmy Carter[6]. Since 2016, he has managed the AJC’s Black History Month project through AJC Sepia, the paper’s Black news curation site.[1] He previously reported for Gannett Newspapers in New York City and The Herald-Sun in Durham, N.C.[2] In 1996, while at The Herald-Sun, he was awarded a fellowship through the Education Writers Association. As part of the fellowship, in 1997 he published “Fighting to Survive: Historically Black Colleges and Universities Face the 21st Century",[2]” which was considered one of the most in-depth newspaper examinations of HBCUs ever undertaken.
Other awards and honors
His 1997 "Fighting to Survive" series won Suggs the Journalist of the Year Award from the American Association of University Professors; First Place, Salute to Excellence Journalism Award for Investigative Reporting from the National Association of Black Journalists; Journalist of the Year from the North Carolina Black Publishers Association; and Journalist of the Year from the North Carolina Press Association.[2]
Suggs was a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow. He is a member of the Nieman Foundation’s Board of Trustees and the former national vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists.[1]. He received a Pioneer Black Journalist Award from the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists in 2013.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Ernie Suggs". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Ernie Suggs". The History Makers. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Ernie Suggs, NF '09". Nieman Foundation. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ Suggs, Ernie. "AJC reporter: 'Never been in anything like this'". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ Wells, Kim. "On the ground in Ferguson: A reporter's view with Ernie Suggs". WCTLFM.com. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ Suggs, Ernie. "Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter talk about what 75 years of love accomplishes". ajc.com. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
External links
- Ernie Suggs bio and recent articles, ajc.com
- AJC Sepia, Black news curation site
- Press On – Ernie Suggs
- Ernie Suggs – Nieman Fellowship
- The History Makers