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Lottie Joiner

Lottie Joiner is an award-winning multimedia journalist based in New Orleans and is a board member of Free Speech TV. Her work explores the lived experiences of those in underserved and marginalized communities. She’s the former editor-in-chief of The Crisis magazine, the official publication of the NAACP, and hosted and produced its weekly Facebook Live show, “Crisis Conversations.” Her work has been published in The Washington Post, USA Today, The Daily Beast, The Guardian, and Time.com. In 2021, Lottie participated in the Maynard Institute’s Maynard 200 Fellowship Executive Leadership program and the Poynter Leadership Academy for Women in Media program. In 2025, Lottie was named a 2025-2026 Rosalynn Carter Fellow for Mental Health Journalism.

Lottie's Latest Articles

Recovering From a ‘Gut Punch’: Black Women Fired by Trump and Musk Work to Overcome Shame and Self-Blame

By Lottie Joiner

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October 8, 2026

Black women working for the federal government did what they were supposed to do. They got their degrees. They excelled at their jobs. They received awards for excellent performance. Yet their achievements could not protect them from the political winds.

The Unseen Toll: Depression, Anxiety Plague Black Women a Year After Being Fired by DOGE

By Lottie Joiner

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October 7, 2026

When Trump cut DEI programs and enabled DOGE to gut the federal workforce, hundreds of thousands of Black women lost their jobs. The cuts dismantled a job pipeline for Washington DC’s Black community and gutted the well-being of the women who hold up that community.