Carla Bell is a journalist and editor with bylines at Forbes, WHYY, The Seattle Times, The Miami Herald, Ebony and Essence magazines; L’Atelier BNP Paribas (FR), Electric Literature, The North Star, first established by Frederick Douglass in 1847, reestablished by Shaun King in 2019, and many others.
Recently, Writer In Residence at the Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab in the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University, influenced by an extensive legal background, Carla's work has contributed to an encyclopedia focused on race, crime, and justice – a project of John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. Drawn to matters of sociocultural relevance and socioeconomic impact, the Florida-born, Seattle-raised adventurous D.C. transplant has authored criticism subsequently adapted and produced for the stage.
Notable interviews include BRYAN STEVENSON, renowned civil rights attorney and author of Just Mercy; BEN CRUMP, civil rights attorney and counsel for families of Trayvon Martin, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and many others; BAKARI SELLERS, attorney, political commentator, and author of My Vanishing Country: A Memoir; EMMANUEL ACHO, NFL analyst and author of Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man; JANE ELLIOTT, educator and diversity trainer internationally known for the Blue Eyes Brown Eyes Exercise; ROBIN DiANGELO, diversity trainer and author of White Fragility; and (Mrs.) BOB BLAND, co-founder of Women’s March.
