Always Last... To Breaking News!
Publisher, The Charlotte Mercury
Peter Cellino is the publisher of The Charlotte Mercury and founder of Mercury Local, the platform that runs it. He writes on agentic AI, platform economics, and the future of local journalism.
Patch and The Farmington Mercury covered the same arrest log last week. The difference is the difference between the two outlets: a business built on programmatic ads and reader tracking, and one…
Peter Cellino·Jun 16, 2026
Local News Can Survive: Here’s How We’re Making It Happen Why Hyper-Local Journalism and Community Engagement Are Our Answers to the Media Crisis Hello Mercury readers, This past week, Charlotte…
Peter Cellino·Nov 7, 2024
Breaking news burnout? 📉 See why The Farmington Mercury is choosing depth over speed and redefining local journalism. Sometimes last place is exactly where you want to be.
Peter Cellino·Nov 1, 2024
SCOTUS backs Virginia’s purge of nearly 1,800 voters days before Election Day, despite NVRA’s 90-day rule. Here’s what this means for voting rights nationwide.
Peter Cellino·Oct 31, 2024
The 1984 Indiana Bloody Eighth recount changed American politics, inspiring Newt Gingrich’s combative GOP tactics and shaping election battles today.
Peter Cellino·Oct 26, 2024
Tired of clickbait? So are we. Discover why The Farmington Mercury is “Always Last… to Breaking News” and how we’re giving slow journalism a caffeine-fueled makeover ☕️.
Peter Cellino·Sep 23, 2024
📚 Cutting classics into bite-sized pieces? Our schools are starving students of the full story. Let’s end the shortcut culture and get back to real reading—books and brains deserve better!
Peter Cellino·Sep 17, 2024
