Dispatches archive
All 46 Dispatches stories from Mercury Local, newest first.
October 2026
September 2026
- One pass, not threeSep 27
- Why we did not rent itSep 26
- What AI actually didSep 26
- Sixteen publications. One codebaseSep 25
- One database is the whole companySep 25
- The database says noSep 21
- Backups we can proveSep 20
- The site checks itself every nightSep 19
- Half a second, found in the layoutSep 18
- The people, places and bodies behind the newsSep 17
- Every article carries its receiptsSep 16
- Analytics without a black boxSep 15
- The newsroom tool we built for ourselvesSep 14
- Email we ownSep 13
- The day we deleted the media serverSep 12
- Two weeks in MarchSep 11
- Three WordPress blogs and a rented appSep 10
April 2026
March 2026
September 2025
August 2025
- Mercury Local Wrap-Up: Transit Taxes, Ballantyne, FarmingtonAug 29
- Why We Cover Public Forums: Democracy Starts at the MicAug 25
- Why Our Political Coverage Looks The Way It DoesAug 23
- Mercury Local vs QC News: Why Our Election Hub Is DifferentAug 19
- Showing Up vs. Spinning Out: Mercury Local and Good DailyAug 19
- Charlotte's Privacy Gap: Why We Refuse Surveillance AdsAug 18
- Inside The Charlotte Mercury's 2025 Election CoverageAug 12
- Charlotte & Farmington Wrap: Transit Tax Vote, Review BoardAug 8
- The Attention Economy Is Collapsing. Good.Aug 6
- How Mercury Local Covers Elections Differently From Local TVAug 5
- Charlotte Election Coverage Leads the Week of August 3Aug 2