What Is the Knoxville Mercury?
Back in 1991, when we did this the first time, we didn’t put a lot of thought into our “mission.” We just wanted to put out the best paper we …
Can Dailies and Weeklies Survive the Digital Age? Here’s How They’re Trying to Adapt.
You’d have to be crazy to start a new print newspaper—much less an alternative weekly. Nobody’s doing it. On the contrary, alt-weeklies with long, rich histories are shutting down. Big …
The Knoxville History Project Launches a New Look at Local History—and Jump-Starts Local Journalism
A key part of the Mercury launch is the formation of a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit, an educational organization known as the Knoxville History Project. It’s surprising, when you think about it, …
Meet the Knoxville Mercury’s Columnists
Here’s our inaugural group of columnists whose work will be debuting in the next several issues of the Knoxville Mercury: Chris Barrett is a former Metro Pulse staff writer who’s …