Nicole Caruth
I’m Nicole, a freelance writer and reporter based in the San Francisco Bay Area. My writing has been published by ARTnews, Civil Eats, Gastronomica, Hyperallergic and Public Art Review, and in two Phaidon Press volumes.
A former curator of contemporary art, I pivoted to journalism a couple of years ago and am wrapping up my master’s degree at the U.C. Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism with a focus on public health.
My latest reporting covers a wide range of health topics, from food and the climate crisis to aging and artificial intelligence. In 2024, I was a Mental Health Reporting Fellow at Civil Eats, exploring the challenges faced by farmers, farmworkers and ranchers in the U.S. I’m currently a 2025 Mental Well-being Fellow with the Pulitzer Center. I also co-chair the Journalist Association for Mental Health, a J-school affinity group.
For my thesis, I’m writing a long-form article about the implications of rising burnout rates among Black women while telling the story of one woman’s journey through the Silicon Valley tech industry.
You can see my past and recent work at the link under my profile picture or at www.nicolecaruth.com.
EDUCATION
M.J., Journalism, University of California, Berkeley (‘25)
M.A., Curatorial Studies, Bard College
B.A., Art History, San Francisco State University
A.A., Multidisciplinary Studies, DeAnza College
AWARDS & HONORS
2025 - Mental Well-being Reporting Fellowship, Pulitzer Center
2019 - Arts Writers Grant, Andy Warhol Foundation
PUBLICATIONS & OTHER WORK
2024 – Civil Eats – Southern Black Farmers Grow Rice and Reconciliation
2024 – Civil Eats – A Debut Southern Cookbook Challenges Simplified Notions of Black Cuisine
2024 - Civil Eats - For Farmers and Ranchers Grappling With Mental Health, This Fourth-Generation Farmer Offers Help That Works
2024 - Civil Eats - Can Cooking in Community Slow Dementia and Diabetes?
2023 – Oakland North - Oakland adopts environmental plan that misses many resident concerns
2022 - Leuven University Press - "Black Birth Matters" in Black Matrilineage, Photography, and Representation, edited by Lesly Deschler Canossi and Zoraida Lopez-Diago
MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS
Journalist Association for Mental Health, Co-chair, U.C. Berkeley Chapter
National Association of Black Journalists, Board Member, U.C. Berkeley Chapter
National Association of Gay & Lesbian Journalists, Member
REPORTING INTERESTS
Arts and Culture, Health & Environment, History, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+, Racial Justice