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Jack Neely And The Knoxville Mercury

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In October, 2014, the E.W. Scripps Company and the Knoxville News Sentinel shut down the beloved Knoxville independent newspaper, Metro Pulse. The company offered employees  a severance agreement, but three former writers for the paper have torn up their severance agreements and are starting a brand new newspaper in February, The Knoxville Mercury, as part of a new non-profit, the Knoxville History Project.

WUOT’s ChrissyKeuper spoke with one of those writers, Jack Neely

Chrissy served as WUOT's News Director and host of monthly public affairs talk show Dialogue from late 2021 to early 2023. Her first job with the station was as weekend student announcer while earning her bachelor's in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee. She had previously been the station's local host for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered news programs; occasionally filled in as host for WUOT's Morning and Afternoon Concerts; and won multiple awards for her interviews, feature stories, and Dialogue.