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Dallas Morning News | Austin, Texas
Politics Reporter June 2024 - Present
The Messenger | Washington, D.C.
Congressional Reporter April 2023 - January 2024
Los Angeles Times | Washington, D.C.
Congressional Reporter September 2021 - April 2023
POLITICO | Washington, D.C.
Race and Policy Reporter January 2021 - September 2021
National Political Reporter January 2019 - December 2020
Congressional Reporter January 2018 - December 2018
White House Reporter July 2017 - December 2017
Breaking News Reporter January 2016 - July 2017
Fellow December 2014 - December 2015
FAMU News 20 at Five | Tallahassee, Fla.
Producer August 2014 - December 2014
POLITICO Journalism Institute | Washington, D.C.
Fellow July 2014 - August 2014
The News & Observer | Raleigh, N.C.
Sports Intern May 2014 - July 2014
The Famuan | Tallahassee, Fla.
Editor-in-Chief May 2013 - May 2014
Copy Desk Chief October 2012 - April 2013
Circulation Manager October 2012
Assistant Copy Editor August 2012 - October 2012
Ocala Style Magazine | Ocala, Fla.
Intern July 2012-August 2012
 Senate Republicans Sour on Biden Impeachment: ‘They’ve Got Nothing’ (Jan. 23, 2024) |
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 Meet the ‘Crypto King’ of Congress (Jan. 12, 2024) |
 Two California Lawmakers Who Are Colleagues and Roommates in Washington (Jan. 4, 2024) |
 Senate GOP Women Gush Over Nikki Haley. Why No Endorsements? (Nov. 29, 2023) |
 Congressional Democrats Dismiss Biden’s Poor Polling One Year Out From Election Day (Nov. 6, 2023) |
 Biden Is in Danger of Losing in 2024 if He Doesn’t Embrace ‘The Squad,’ Progressive Democrat Warns (Aug. 23, 2023) |
 McCarthy’s Moment: How He Avoided Catastrophe and Dodged a Revolt (May 31, 2023) |
 How Democrats Are Planning To Take Back The House In 2024 (May 27, 2023) |
 ‘I’m emancipated now’: Nancy Pelosi enjoying life after leadership (March 20, 2023) |
 ‘This is chaos’: What it’s like to be a brand-new L.A. representative amid the McCarthy speaker madness (Jan. 6, 2023) |
 Democrats seek to end California’s drought of Black men in Congress (June 3, 2022) |
 Black residents want Biden to call out racism and white supremacy in Buffalo visit (May 16, 2022) |
 Marathon McCarthy speech highlights GOP leader’s play for speaker (Nov. 19, 2021) |
 It has been 20 years since a Black man represented California in Congress (Nov. 3, 2021) |
 Trump’s false election fraud claims fuel Michigan GOP meltdown (July 30, 2021) |
 All eyes are on Georgia. Again. (April 4, 2021) |
 Warnock win puts spotlight on Senate’s shortcomings (Jan. 8, 2021) |
 ‘It was great’: In leaked audio, Trump hailed low Black turnout in 2016 (Aug. 21, 2020) |
 Hispanic lawmakers eye leap to Biden (Sept. 30, 2019) |
 Joe Biden took questions from black reporters for 90 minutes. He did not disappoint. (Aug. 27, 2019) |
 Hickenlooper campaign in shambles (July 2, 2019) |
 ‘The epitome of privilege’: Booker supporters seethe over Buttigieg mania (May 13, 2019) |
 Buttigieg confronts his black voter problem (May 6, 2019) |
 O’Rourke meets with Schumer to discuss 2020 Senate bid (Feb. 13, 2019) |
 Graham plays both sides of Trump-McCain feud (Aug. 28, 2018) |
 ‘It’s almost nasty’: Dems seek crackdown on sleeping in the Capitol (March 6, 2018) |
Nolan is an Austin, Texas-based reporter at the Dallas Morning News, where he covers state politics.
Before moving to Texas in June 2024, he spent the bulk of his career in Washington, D.C., working for a trio of outlets.
At the news startup The Messenger, which shut down in January 2024, Nolan largely covered Congress but also spent a brief stint reporting on legal affairs.
Prior to joining The Messenger in April 2023, he spent a year and a half as a congressional reporter in the Los Angeles Times' Washington bureau and nearly seven years at POLITICO, where he held multiple roles as a newsroom fellow, breaking news reporter, congressional reporter, White House reporter and presidential campaign reporter before reporting on Covid-19 and the intersection of race and policy.
His introduction to POLITICO came as an inaugural member of its annual journalism institute in the summer of 2014. He joined the company later that year shortly after graduating from Florida A&M University, where he majored in broadcast journalism.
Nolan is also a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and served as deputy chair of NABJ's Political Task Force from August 2019 to August 2024.
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Awards
2022
Washington Association of Black Journalists' Young Journalist of Excellence
2018
Eustis African-American Celebration Committee Outstanding Achiever in Journalism
2017
National Press Foundation Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellow
2016
POLITICO Journalism Institute Emerging Communicator
HBCU Buzz Top 30 Under 30 (No. 24)
2015
Nefertiti Williams Student Journalist of the Year
2014
Courtney Simms Vision Award
The Famuan Legacy Award
Chips Quinn Scholar
Scripps Howard Multimedia Fellow
Southeast Journalism Conference College Journalist of the Year (3rd)
SEJC Best College Newspaper Website (2nd)
SEJC Best Special Events Reporting (10th)
Black College Communications Association Best Sports Feature (1st)
BCCA Best Headline Writing (3rd)
2012
The Famuan Most Improved