Cari
Gervin is a Southern fashionista, accomplished coffee drinker and die-hard
Boston Red Sox and University of Georgia fan.
She is also a journalist, ex-dating columnist and nitpicky proofreader. She has become quite handy with a camera since she takes all of her own photographs for her stories. And she actually understands the usefulness of multimedia and social media for reporting.
Ms. Gervin works for Knoxville's alt-weekly, Metro Pulse, as a staff writer and literary editor. She writes about politics, food, books, music, and god knows what else. It isn't boring.
Ms. Gervin previously worked as the North Mississippi Bureau Chief for Mississippi Public Broadcasting. She covered the entire northern half of Mississippi - the Hills and the Delta, Ole Miss and Mississippi State - from her base in Oxford. Her one-minute to four-minute spots aired daily on MPB's statewide public radio network until September 2009, when state budget cuts forced the agency to axe her position entirely, along with "Fresh Air." (After much protest, Terry Gross was restored to the airwaves, but Ms. Gervin was not so lucky.)
Her other radio experience includes a stint as the Northwest Georgia Bureau Chief for Georgia Public Broadcasting. Ms. Gervin fell into radio reporting after working as a DJ at WUOG, the University of Georgia’s student radio station; she then worked part-time for WUGA, Athens’ public radio station for two years. She won three SPJ and AP awards for her work there.
Ms. Gervin also has extensive newspaper experience. She was a staff writer at the Chattanooga Times Free Press for a year and a half. Prior to that, she ran the Lake Oconee bureau for the Lake Oconee News & Eatonton Messenger in Eatonton, Ga. She has also freelanced for various publications and websites. She has written for Paste Magazine and Deadspin.com. She's also produced spots and gathered sound for NPR.
A graduate of Yale University, Ms. Gervin considers herself a triple bulldog fan, since both her parents went to Mississippi State University.