Help us go deeper: Will you become an Agenda Member?

Instead of our regular newsletter and stories today, we’re asking you to support us financially by becoming an Agenda Member.

Membership is about supporting the work, not getting a tote bag. Agenda members will get insider notes from our editors, birthday shout-outs, early access to events, and other fun surprises — but that’s not why you should join. You should join because you want the ongoing production of deeply reported news.

We’ve recently added veteran journalists Michael Graff and Katie Peralta to the team. We’re committed to breaking more news and covering things you care about.

The truth is that a completely ad-based business model alone doesn’t provide an economic incentive to do this. And we’re going to keep our work available to all – no paywall.

Your membership will help us do more stories like these:

• A Charlotte man named Lucky just opened Walmart’s first black-owned, black-operated barbershop

• The world knows Chynna Deese because of how she died. Now her family wants to make sure we remember how she lived
• Iconic Dairy Queen in Plaza Midwood will soon close
• In the shadows of the boom, one man is determined not to let a teenager’s felony charge define him

With more members, we can hire more journalists. We’re not copying another model here; we’re building a modern media organization for Charlotte, by Charlotte. Thank you for your consideration.

We hope you’ll join us: Become an Agenda member (it’s simple).