The Charlotte Ledger
The Charlotte Ledger Podcast
The Ledger's origin story, with Tony Mecia and Cristina Bolling
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The Ledger's origin story, with Tony Mecia and Cristina Bolling

The Ledger's Tony Mecia and Cristina Bolling share the origins of The Charlotte Ledger and how it's grown to be what it is today.

This month, we’re celebrating The Charlotte Ledger’s 4th birthday. As part of that, Ledger founder and executive editor Tony Mecia and managing editor Cristina Bolling sat down to share the behind-the-scenes origin story of The Charlotte Ledger.

The episode is hosted by Steve Dunn, a mediator with Miles Mediation and Arbitration, and Tim Whitmire, founder of CXN Advisory and a contributing editor to The Ledger.

In this episode of The Charlotte Ledger Podcast, Tony and Cristina discuss:

  • How Charlotte journalism has changed over the past 25 years.

  • What inspired Tony to launch The Charlotte Ledger.

  • How The Ledger has grown over the past 4 years.

  • How Tony and Cristina decide what stories to write.

  • The importance of bringing personality into the writing.

We hope you enjoy the conversation.

The Charlotte Ledger Podcast is produced by Lindsey Banks.


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