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Nicole Ellis is PBS NewsHour's digital anchor where she hosts pre- and post-shows and breaking news live streams on digital platforms and serves as a correspondent for the nightly broadcast. Ellis joined the NewsHour from The Washington Post, where she was an Emmy nominated on-air reporter and anchor covering social issues and breaking news. In this role, she hosted, produced, and directed original documentaries and breaking news videos for The Post’s website, YouTube, Amazon Prime, Facebook and Twitch, earning a National Outstanding Breaking News Emmy Nomination for her coverage of Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Ellis created and hosted The Post’s first original documentary series, “Should I freeze my eggs?,” in which she explores her own fertility and received the 2019 Digiday Publishers Award. She also created and hosted the Webby Award-winning news literacy series “The New Normal,” the most viewed video series in the history of The Washington Post’s women’s vertical, The Lily.

She is the author of “We Go High,” a non-fiction self-help-by-proxy book on overcoming adversity publishing in 2022, and host of Critical Conversations on BookClub, an author-led book club platform.

Prior to that, Ellis was a part of the production team for the Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series, CNN Heroes. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Human Rights from Columbia University, as well as a Master’s in Journalism from Columbia Journalism School.

Nicole’s Recent Stories

World Mar 09

WATCH: Women and girls are still protesting in Iran. Here’s why

Seven months after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was killed at the hands of Iran’s so-called morality police in September, protests across the country calling for the rights of women and girls continue.

World Mar 08

WATCH: Where the Ukraine war stands, one year on

One year after Russia invaded Ukraine, the scars of the deadly war are clear, even as the battles continue.

Nation Feb 28

Exhibit spotlights portraits and stories of Black Southerners living during Jim Crow era

On this last day of Black History Month, we feature the stories of Black Southerners during Jim Crow, as told in a single frame. NewsHour Digital Anchor Nicole Ellis visited the University of Virginia to see how historical portraits are…

Nation Feb 28

Why Seattle banned caste discrimination

Nearly 5.4 million South Asians live in the U.S., most of whom trace their roots to Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan or Sri Lanka, according to the group South Asian Americans Leading Together. In many of these communities, a 3,000-year-old…

Arts Feb 24

Images of ‘Black life, Black joy,’ are immortalized in historic Charlottesville portraits

A portrait exhibit at the University of Virginia aims to show a side of the Black community that gives a more complete view of the people going through Jim Crow segregation in the South – and to do so from…

Nation Feb 17

How harm reduction advocates are working to prevent fentanyl overdose deaths

In his address, Biden called for “strong penalties to crack down on fentanyl trafficking” — a line that garnered bipartisan applause during his State of the Union address. But the call drew criticism from harm reduction advocates who say a…

Arts Jan 30

Why luck is a self-fulfilling prophecy, according to this expert

A big part of luck is the way someone is thinking and behaving, psychology professor and author Richard Wiseman said.

Politics Jan 24

WATCH: What we know about the classified items found at Biden’s residence

Documents with classified markings were discovered in former Vice President Mike Pence's Indiana home last week-- a revelation that came as the Department of Justice was already investigating the discovery of documents with classification markings in President Joe Biden's home…

Health Jan 18

How to talk to children about gun violence

Recent news of yet another school shooting has left many parents and caregivers asking how it is best to discuss gun violence with young children.

Nation Jan 13

What is Title 42 and what does it mean for immigration at the southern border?

President Joe Biden visited the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday for the first time as president, amid controversy and backlash about the administration’s allocation of resources to the southern border. The visit came days after he announced a new, restrictive policy…

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