Ernie Suggs

Ernie Suggs (born March 18, 1967) 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 and the Unapologetically ATL newsletter. He has written about people and history of the civil rights movement and the challenges faced by historically black colleges and universities.

Early life and education He was born in Brooklyn and raised in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. In 2009, Suggs was also a Harvard University Nieman Fellow

Journalism career 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. Joseph E. Lowery, C. T. Vivian, Hosea Williams, and Andrew Young. In 2014, he wrote about the protests in Ferguson, Mo. after the shooting of Michael Brown. He also writes about the Carter Center and former President Jimmy Carter. Since 2016, he has managed the AJC's Black History Month project through AJC Sepia, the paper's Black news curation site. 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.

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.