Carson Elm-Picard

Multimedia Managing Editor

Carson Elm-Picard is the 2023-24 multimedia managing editor at The Daily Tar Heel. He has previously served as the design editor. Carson is a senior pursuing a double major in journalism and media and political science.

Samantha Lewis

City & State

'100 years and cooking': Sutton's Drug Store celebrates a century in Chapel Hill

By Carson Elm-Picard | April 13

To celebrate its centennial, Sutton's offered free shirts to the first 100 customers and $1 hot dog meals throughout the day. Sutton's sold over 900 hot dogs and served nearly 600 people on Wednesday. “We love the community," Amy Pinney, wife of Sutton’s current owner, Don Pinney, said. "We love Chapel Hill, and we are so glad that all these people love Suttons."

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Opinion

Office DJ: The misconception of emo

By Carson Elm-Picard | October 19

"And maybe someday if you're lucky, you can scare girls away at parties by talking about emo — just like me."

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Opinion

Column: "The Melodic Blue" cements Baby Keem's name in the rap game

By Carson Elm-Picard | September 14

“The Melodic Blue” shows Keem deepening his iconic sound while also debuting rap’s most powerful duo. If one thing is true, Baby Keem is going to be here for a while.

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Opinion

Viewpoints: Ranking Kanye West's studio albums

By Rajee Ganesan , PJ Morales , Carson Elm-Picard and Leo Culp | September 7

"With the latest release of his 10th studio album, 'Donda,' members of the Daily Tar Heel’s editorial staff make their rankings on which of Kanye’s solo albums are contenders for his best work — and which ones fall short."