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Ryan Pitkin

Charlotte

Journalist at Freelance

Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief at Queen City Nerve

Journalist. Co-founder, Nerve Media Productions. Editor, @queencitynerve. Books & baseball. Perfect parallel parker. Alliterative asshole. [email protected]

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Articles

  • 5 Things to Know: AAUP Defends UNC Charlotte Staffer Fired for DEI Conversation

    1 week ago | qcnerve.com | Ryan Pitkin

    AAUP Defends UNC Charlotte Staffer Fired for DEI ConversationThe UNC Charlotte chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is speaking up in support of a university employee who was forced out of her position this week after a right-wing group recorded her discussing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) strategies.

  • Council Quickies: Airport Workers, Street Vendors and SEAP+

    1 week ago | qcnerve.com | Ryan Pitkin

    Charlotte City Council held a public forum and quick business meeting on Tuesday night following the formal swearing-in of new District 6 rep Edwin Peacock.

  • Baymont Hotel Displacement Upends Lives of Already Vulnerable Tenants

    1 week ago | qcnerve.com | Ryan Pitkin

    On May 21, local elected officials joined community advocates and developers to break ground on the Hoover Townes development, a new affordable housing community being built on Reagan Drive in the Sugar Creek corridor, one of the city’s six Corridors of Opportunity. Mayor Pro Tem Dante Anderson, who represents District 1 where the corridor is located, spoke at that morning’s event. “Turning this space into homes people can call their own is how we build stronger communities,” Anderson said.

  • 5 Things to Know: NC Auditor Promises City Council Probe

    2 weeks ago | qcnerve.com | Ryan Pitkin

    NC Auditor Threatens City Council ProbeNewly elected NC Auditor Dave Boliek has stepped into the ongoing controversy that has swirled in the wake of Charlotte City Council’s reported settlement with CMPD Chief Johnny Jennings earlier this month. Boliek sent a letter to Mayor Vi Lyles on Tuesday informing her that his office will investigate the settlement in the interest of transparency.

  • Council Member Tiawana Brown Indicted for Alleged COVID Relief Fraud

    2 weeks ago | qcnerve.com | Ryan Pitkin

    Charlotte City Council member Tiawana Brown is characterizing a federal indictment announced against her as “a political attack and a deliberate effort to interfere with her re-election and silence her voice,” according to a release sent out by the Beauty After Bars founder shortly before the indictment was announced Thursday morning.

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Ryan Pitkin
Ryan Pitkin @pitkin_ryan
29 May 25

We closed on our house in Shannon Park today. Two first-time homeowners feeling ready for the next chapter. Set goals and pursue them with a person you love and who has your back over anything. That way all the other shit comes second. ❤️ https://t.co/AePBTrPIm7

Ryan Pitkin
Ryan Pitkin @pitkin_ryan
28 May 25

RT @queencitynerve: Vol. 7, Issue 13: The community pushes back as ICE escalates actions in Charlotte. Plus, Miss Mia Mac spreads her poeti…

Ryan Pitkin
Ryan Pitkin @pitkin_ryan
26 May 25

RT @marynewsom: Excellent @queencitynerve article by @pitkin_ryan on displacement and housing chaos. Seems to me a lack of continuing govt…