Ryan Pitkin

Journalist. Co-founder, Nerve Media Productions. Editor, @queencitynerve. Books & baseball. Perfect parallel parker. Alliterative asshole. [email protected]

[Ryan Pitkin @pitkin_ryan]

Not to vaguepost, but you'll have to read the narrative for yourself to get the same reaction I did when I learned why this cop got so mad he felt he had to draw his gun on a fellow officer. The payoff is worth it.

[Jeffrey Collins @JSCollinsAP]

From the inbox a workplace dispute at the Myrtle Beach Police Department leads to charges….

[Ryan Pitkin @pitkin_ryan]

I had a blast on The Creative’s Crown Talk Show with my old friend @PhazeGawd today talking all things art, music and community journalism in Charlotte. Be on the lookout for that drop. ✌️

[Ryan Pitkin @pitkin_ryan]

The Selwyn Pub Transfusion cups make for an A1 Zyn visual here. 🤌

[alex sands @alexsands_]

I'm working on a story about young Charlotte professionals' Zyn habits. Do you use it? Does your office? [email protected]

[Queen City Nerve @queencitynerve]

V5, I18: Will the threat of immigration enforcement affect attendance at the MLS All-Star Game in Charlotte? Plus, @CltSquawks turns 21, Ali Forrest and Emily June embark on adventurous tour, Living Kitchen founder Juli Luna's latest role with a local coffee powerhouse and more.

[Ryan Pitkin @pitkin_ryan]

In Raleigh this morning celebrating my wonderful wife’s graduation from the NC Institute of Public Leadership’s Spring 2026 fellowship. Somebody get her an application for interim mayor. 👀

[Ryan Pitkin @pitkin_ryan]

Coming up at 9. Tune in to WFAE

[Charlotte Talks @CharlotteTalks]

On Friday, NC has a budget framework, the fallout from Vi Lyles' resignation, and Charlotte City Council withdraws its support for the I-77 toll lane project. That and more with @farrellj329, @pitkin_ryan, @alexsands_, and @Bentnews at 9am on @WFAE. https://t.co/bWGdXYHam1
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[Ryan Pitkin @pitkin_ryan]

Scenes from the final day of BOOM Charlotte

[Ryan Pitkin @pitkin_ryan]

Already over the AI-generated story pitches.

[Ryan Pitkin @pitkin_ryan]

LaMelo Ball: Making one of the biggest plays of the Hornets season in overtime of the play-in game.

@amazon Prime:

[Ryan Pitkin @pitkin_ryan]

I enjoyed #WonderMan on the strength of Yahya Abdul-Mateen’s underrated performance but one part I find truly hilarious is how from now on it’s part of Marvel canon that Josh Gad is just gone and nobody knows what happened to him.

[Ryan Pitkin @pitkin_ryan]

The ACAB float kept the party going on Royal Street after the annual New Orleans Gay Easter Parade last night.

[Ryan Pitkin @pitkin_ryan]

Reminds me of one of my favorite photos I’ve ever taken. Hating on that pic really says something about you. Nobody else.

[Ellie Sleightholm @elsleightholm]

Artemis II launch… caught in my glasses reflection

[Ryan Pitkin @pitkin_ryan]

I used to say this about baseball but it’s all the more true for basketball: You don’t need to interview the coach during the game. Ever.

[Ryan Pitkin @pitkin_ryan]

Got a first edition HP Lovecraft for just $30 at the used book store in New Orleans. Check out Dauphine’s if you’re here. Great shop.

[Ryan Pitkin @pitkin_ryan]

Just doing Nerve trivia in New Orleans

[Ryan Pitkin @pitkin_ryan]

We stayed on Bourbon Street only long enough to see my UConn ladies lose and take this cute pic before the crowds became a bit much for our old selves. Time to branch out for the rest of the weekend…

[Ryan Pitkin @pitkin_ryan]

Heading to New Orleans for the weekend. Not taking recs just humblebragging.

[Ryan Pitkin @pitkin_ryan]

Today will go down historically as a disastrous day for education and educators in North Carolina, when any hope of turning around decades of neglect was lost.

[Carolina Forward @ForwardCarolina]

Breaking: the North Carolina Supreme Court has issued its ruling on the long-running Leandro case, which argues that the NC state legislature is failing in its constitutional duty to provide public education.

The Court's ruling today essentially throws out the case.

[Ryan Pitkin @pitkin_ryan]

Must have been a cold front making its way across the field when this video was shot

[Front Office Sports @FOS]

The Cubs broadcast showed fans working remotely from Wrigley Field during the team's day game 💻

[Ryan Pitkin @pitkin_ryan]

Great example of what I meant yesterday on @TBGWT about Threads being local and Twitter being national/worldwide. This discourse is all I’m seeing on my Threads feed and nothing here. Not a statement post, just observing the differences (also v related to where the artists are).

[Queen City Nerve @queencitynerve]

Members of Charlotte’s creative community are speaking out after the 'disrespectful' erasure of late local artist HNin Nie’s mural at Optimist Hall, which was removed from one of the property’s outdoor stairwells on Friday. https://t.co/kiJSQNpcFK