Queen City Nerve

Communication is everything. Who in Charlotte can afford it? And who can afford to do it badly?

Charlotte has about seven PR pros for every journalist. The gap between who can design their message and who can survive a bad one shapes everything you know about this city.

It’s Been Real

Queen City Nerve closed last week, eight years after rising from Creative Loafing’s ashes to become Charlotte’s new alt-weekly. Here’s what actually happened, and what Charlotte will miss about it.

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