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Nicole Bode is a Senior Editor at DNAinfo, in charge of long-term planning, contributors, and community relations. She spent the previous eight years as a reporter for the Daily News, where she covered breaking news, education and the court system.

She found her calling in journalism as an intern at the News in 2001, where her first big story was interviewing survivors of the September 11th World Trade Center terrorist attacks. She spent the next five months telling the stories of New Yorkers whose lives were forever changed by that day.

Since then, she has stayed on the front lines of the city's breaking news, covering the Sean Bell shooting by NYPD officers from the trial through to the verdict.

Nicole also earned the 2007 New York Association of Black Journalists award for her coverage of her hometown of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

Since coming to Manhattan in 1997, Nicole has lived in Morningside Heights, the East Village and Lower Manhattan. She got her bachelors degree in Cultural Anthropology from Columbia University and lives downtown.

Fun Fact: Nicole knows how to eat — and pronounce — beignets (New Orleans' delicacy of fried dough covered in powdered sugar.)

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Police Hunt for Man Wanted in Harlem Sex Assault(NYPD)

Police Hunt for Man Wanted in Morningside Heights Assault

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Harlem

Crime & Mayhem  |  Midtown     comment

Man Charged with Molesting 11-Year-Old Girl Inside Herald Square JCPenney(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Man Accused of Molesting 11-Year-Old Girl Inside Herald Square JCPenney

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Midtown

Real Estate  |  Midtown     comment

Worker Hurt After Three-Story Fall at Luxury High-Rise Project

Worker Hurt After Three-Story Fall at Midtown Luxury High-Rise Project

Tags: Real Estate, Midtown

Crime & Mayhem  |  Harlem     comment

(DNAinfo/Shayna Jacobs)

Pedestrian Struck in Harlem Hit-and-Run

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Harlem

Crime & Mayhem  |  Downtown     5comments

Michael Bloomberg Defends Ground Zero Mosque on The Daily Show(The Daily Show)

Bloomberg Defends Ground Zero Mosque on 'The Daily Show'

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Downtown

Crime & Mayhem  |  Midtown     comment

Suspicious Powder Scare Triggers Evacuation at Emblem Health(DNAinfo/Della Hasselle)

Suspicious Powder Triggers Evacuation of Ninth Avenue Office Building

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Midtown

Crime & Mayhem  |  Upper West Side     comment

Fire Forces the Evacuation of West 72nd Street Building(DNAinfo/Leslie Albrecht)

Fire Forces the Evacuation of West 72nd Street Buildings

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Upper West Side

Politics  |  Downtown     1comment

Ground Zero Mosque Fires Twitter Team after Controversial Comments(Twitter)

Ground Zero Mosque Fires Twitter Team Over 'Anti-Semitic' Tweet

Tags: Politics, Downtown

Politics     comment

State Senator Pedro Espada Ducked $7,200 Bil for Custom Suits, Midtown Tailor Says(AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

Pedro Espada Ducked $7,200 Bill for Suits, Midtown Tailor Says

Tags: Politics, Manhattan

Business & Economy  |  Manhattan     comment

Barclays Bank(APPhoto/Diane Bondareff)

Barclays Bank Agrees to Forfeit $298 Million for Hiding Deals with Rogue States

Tags: Business & Economy, Manhattan

Crime & Mayhem  |  Midtown     comment

Three-Alarm Fire Rips Through Hell's Kitchen Building, Injures 11

Three-Alarm Fire Rips Through Hell's Kitchen Building, Injures 11

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Midtown

Crime & Mayhem  |  Washington Heights     comment

Police Release Video of Three Armed Robbery Suspects(NYPD)

Three Armed Robbery Suspects Caught on Tape Invading Home in Washington Heights

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Washington Heights & Inwood

Crime & Mayhem  |  Harlem     comment

Luis Soto's Bronx Block Mourns(DNAinfo/Jon Schuppe)

Harlem Residents Angered, Question Police in Fatal Lenox Avenue Shootout

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Harlem

Lifestyle & Entertainment  |  Manhattan     comment

Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt Crashes Through Back of Cab While Filming New Movie(Joseph Gordon-Levitt)

Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt Gets Arm Gash in Taxi Crash While Shooting Film

Tags: Lifestyle & Entertainment, Manhattan

Crime & Mayhem  |  Harlem     8comments

Harlem Nation of Islam No. 7 Mosque(DNAinfo/Yepoka Yeebo)

NYPD Detective Denied Entry into Harlem Mosque

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Harlem

Crime & Mayhem  |  Harlem     comment

10-Year-Old Boy Hit by Tow Truck at Entrance to RFK Bridge

Six-Year-Old Boy Killed by MTA Tow Truck in Front of His Pregnant Mother

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Harlem

Crime & Mayhem  |  Upper West Side     comment

Riverside Park Jogger Bouncing Back from Brutal Attack, Family Says

Riverside Park Jogger Bouncing Back from Brutal Attack, Family Says

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Upper West Side

Business & Economy     comment

Hollister SoHo Flagship Store Closed by Bedbug Problems(DNAinfo/Della Hasselle)

Hollister SoHo Flagship Store Closed by Bedbug Problems

Tags: Business & Economy, Greenwich Village & SoHo

Crime & Mayhem  |  Midtown     comment

police tape(Stephen Chernin/Getty Images)

Three People Stabbed Near Times Square

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Midtown

Courts  |  Manhattan     1comment

Suspected Russian Spy Held MBA from Columbia and Degrees from NYU(AP Photo)

Suspected Russian Spy Earned Degrees at Columbia, NYU

Tags: Courts, Manhattan

Politics  |  Manhattan     comment

'Luv Gov' Eliot Spitzer Said to Be 'Thisclose' To Signing Host Deal at CNN(AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)

Eliot Spitzer Said to Be 'Thisclose' To Deal With CNN

Tags: Politics, Manhattan

Crime & Mayhem     comment

Kenneth Starr(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Kenneth Starr's Clients Can't Access Their Accounts Anytime Soon, Judge Rules

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Manhattan

Crime & Mayhem  |  Manhattan     comment

Kenneth Starr's Lawyers Asking to Be Dropped From Case As Scope of Alleged Ponzi Scheme Widens(Rob Rich)

Who is Kenneth Starr's Lawyer?

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Manhattan

Business & Economy  |  Manhattan     comment

Reclusive 99-year-old Heiress

Heiress "Bunny" Mellon, Identified as Client No. 5, Says She Had No Inkling of Starr's Alleged Fraud

Tags: Business & Economy, Manhattan

Business & Economy  |  Downtown     comment

Dow Plunges — Then Rebounds — Amid European Debt Crisis Anxiety, Possible Trader Error(AP/Henny Ray Abrams)

Dow Plummets Again Amid Unemployment Fears

Tags: Business & Economy, Downtown

Politics  |  Manhattan     comment

Cambpell Brown Steps Down from CNN, Eliot Spitzer Rumored as Possible Replacement(Mark Von Holden/Getty Images)

Cambpell Brown Quits CNN, Talk of Eliot Spitzer Getting Pundit Gig

Tags: Politics, Manhattan

Crime & Mayhem  |  Upper East Side     comment

70-Year-Old Pedestrian Loses Both Legs in Upper East Side Truck Collision

70-Year-Old Pedestrian Loses Both Legs in Upper East Side Truck Collision

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Upper East Side

Business & Economy  |  Manhattan     comment

NYPD officer(Joe Corrigan/Getty Images)

City's Unions Demand Right to Sue Wall Street for Lost Pensions

Tags: Business & Economy, Manhattan

Transportation  |  Manhattan     comment

The damaged Andrew J. Barberi ferry(DNAinfo/Jill Colvin)

No Warning of Staten Island Ferry Engine Failure Prior to Crash, Investigators Say

Tags: Transportation, Manhattan

Science & Technology  |  Manhattan     comment

Twitter Follow Bug Sparks Online Chaos(Twitter)

Twitter Bug Fix Causes Followers to Vanish Temporarily

Tags: Science & Technology, Manhattan

Crime & Mayhem     2comments

Man Faces Terrorism Charges over Times Square Bomb Plot(U.S. Department of Justice via Getty Images)

Times Square Bomb Plot Riddled With Errors From the Start

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Midtown

Crime & Mayhem     comment

Timeline to Times Square Terror(Jason Tucker)

Accused Times Square Bomber Waives Right to Speedy Arraignment, Keeps Talking

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Midtown

Crime & Mayhem  |  Manhattan     comment

Faisal Shahzad Went From Financial Analyst to Terrorist, Say Feds

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Manhattan

Crime & Mayhem     1comment

Nissaan Pathfinder(AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)

How To Assemble a Car Bomb? Take $1,300, Answer a Craigslist Ad, and Visit the Hardware Store

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Manhattan

Crime & Mayhem     comment

Nissaan Pathfinder(AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)

Police Hunt for the Buyer of SUV Used in Attempted Times Square Car Bombing

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Midtown

Crime & Mayhem     comment

Manhole Fire on 40th Street Forces Evacuation(DNAinfo/Julie Shapiro)

Manhole Fire Near Times Square Adds to Car Bomb Jitters

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Midtown

Politics  |  Manhattan     comment

(Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

Gulf Coast Resident Lobbying for Environmental Protection in New York Braces for Oil Slick Devastation

Tags: Politics, Manhattan

Lifestyle & Entertainment  |  Harlem     comment

Harlem School of the Arts Set to Reopen With New Board and $1M in Donations(AP Photo/Andy Kropa)

Harlem School of the Arts Set to Reopen With New Board and $1 Million

Tags: Lifestyle & Entertainment, Harlem

Politics     1comment

Civil Rights Powerhouse Ben Hooks Remembered at Sharpton Gala(AP Photo/James A. Finley, File)

Benjamin Hooks, Civil Rights Leader, Remembered at Al Sharpton Gala

Civil rights leader Benjamin Hooks was remembered as a champion for the cause Thursday night.

Tags: Politics, Midtown

Crime & Mayhem     2comments

Rainbow Flag Burned, Left Outside LGBT Center in West Village(Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trangender Community Center of New York City)

Rainbow Flag Burned, Left Outside West Village LGBT Center

A rainbow flag was found burned and taped to the outside of the LGBT Community Center on Wednesday.

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Murray Hill and Gramercy

Health  |  The Village     1comment

St. Vincent's Rally(DNAinfo/Nicole Breskin)

St. Vincent's Hospital Votes to Shutter All Inpatient Care, End Surgeries

Workers, neighbors and local politicians rallied to save St. Vincent’s Hospital on the heels of the decision.

Tags: Health, Greenwich Village & SoHo

Crime & Mayhem  |  Chelsea     1comment

Stabbing Victim in 2 Train Attack Laid to Rest(Facebook)

Stabbing Victim in 2 Train Attack Farewelled at Funeral

One of the men stabbed to death on the 2 train last month was laid to rest in Brooklyn Wednesday.

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Chelsea & Hell's Kitchen

Lifestyle & Entertainment  |  Manhattan     comment

Dani Faith Leonard(Dani Faith Leonard)

Indie Filmmakers With Big Vision and No Money Now Have a Place to Go

Manhattan's independent filmmakers have a new resource for making their big-vision projects despite having an empty wallet.

Tags: Lifestyle & Entertainment, Manhattan

Manhattan     comment

QUIZ: Were You Paying Attention to Manhattan News?

QUIZ: Were You Paying Attention to Manhattan News?

Tags: Manhattan

Only In New York     comment

Body Recovered from the Hudson River in Hell's Kitchen(DNAinfo/Alexandra Cheney)

Body Recovered from the Hudson River in Hell's Kitchen

A body was found floating in the Hudson River near West 52nd Street Thursday afternoon.

Tags: Only In New York, Midtown

Events     1comment

Michelle Obama(Getty Images/Chris Jackson)

Genealogist Who Traced Michelle Obama's Roots Will Give Midtown Lecture

The genealogist who explored First Lady Michelle Obama's roots will discuss her methods on Wednesday.

Tags: Events, Midtown

Only In New York  |  Manhattan     1comment

DNAinfo Weekly QuizQUIZ: Did You Pay Attention to Manhattan News This Week?

QUIZ: Did You Pay Attention to Manhattan News This Week?

Take our weekly news quiz.

Tags: Only In New York, Manhattan

Courts     comment

James Lomma(DNAinfo/Shayna Jacobs)

Crane Company Owner Turns Himself in to DA to Face Manslaughter Charges

James Lomma was indicted on manslaughter and other charges Monday.

Tags: Courts, Upper East Side

Courts     comment

(DNAinfo/Shayna Jacobs)

Sportscaster Marvell Scott: 'I'm Not Like Tiger Woods'

Marvell Scott invoked disgraced golfer Tiger Woods as he defended himself against charges he raped an underage prostitute.

Tags: Courts, Midtown

Health     comment

Despite High Number of Reported Autism Cases, Manhattan Parents Still Grasp for Understanding(Peggy Becker)

Autism Reported in High Numbers, but Manhattan Parents Still Grasp for Understanding

An Upper West Side mom has had a lonely, exhausting and expensive journey to help her son live with a form of autism.

Tags: Health, Midtown

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