Nick de la Canal
Host, All Things Considered / ReporterNick de la Canal can be heard on public radio airwaves across the Charlotte region, bringing listeners the latest in local and regional news developments on WFAE's All Things Considered. He's been a part of the WFAE newsroom since 2013, when he began as an intern.
His reporting has covered a wide range of topics, from city and state government to transportation, housing, immigration, business and the arts. His work has earned a 2025 Edward R. Murrow Award for Hard News, a 2025 Public Media Journalists Association First Place award for News Feature, and multiple RTDNA Carolinas Awards for breaking news, enterprise and feature reporting. He has also been nominated twice as Charlotte's Best Radio Personality by readers of Queen City Nerve.
In addition to reporting for WFAE, Nick has filed stories for NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Here and Now and Latino USA, as well as BBC Outlook. Nick grew up in Charlotte, graduated from Myers Park High School, and received his degree in journalism from Emerson College in Boston. He is passionate about serving the community and helping the Charlotte region strive for a better future.
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Nearly 260 mail-in ballots in Mecklenburg County have been rejected because voters failed to seal an envelope inside another envelope. Voting rights groups worry some voters won’t be able to cast replacement ballots. -
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police on Monday publicly identified seven officers connected to an investigation into racist text messages. Five have resigned, while two remain suspended without pay. -
Early voting is underway in North Carolina. Take a minute to brush up on statewide rules for absentee voting, same-day registration and photo ID. -
"As a Black woman who began my career here, in this very department," said CMPD Chief Estella Patterson, "it is especially painful and disheartening to hear concerns from our community about racism coming from within the ranks of this organization." -
Hattie "Chatty Hatty" Leeper, who died Tuesday at 98, was North Carolina's first Black female radio announcer. -
Former Mecklenburg County Manager Dena Diorio says commissioners should have known they approved a roughly $14.7 million loan to Discovery Place. The agreement was in their agenda materials. -
Jim Bakker built one of the biggest televangelism empires of the 1980s before PTL collapsed amid sex and financial scandals. Retired Charlotte Observer reporter Tim Funk reflects on Bakker’s rise, fall and legacy. -
Charlotte City Council members are considering whether to strengthen enforcement against so-called predatory towing practices after city staff reported that disputes between drivers and tow truck operators frequently require police intervention. -
Fall is the season when leaves drop and gardens go dormant. But throughout Charlotte's arts scene this October, things are coming back to life. Our First Friday Arts panel sorts through this month's cultural tricks and treats. -
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers pulled over two men riding down South Tryon Street in a couch balanced across two electric scooters this weekend. It's unclear if the couch-surfers received a citation.
