Biography
Cari Wade Gervin is the Metro Pulse's newest staff member, having left the lucrative world of public radio for the equally lucrative world of alt-weeklies. She started her journalism career at WUGA, the University of Georgia's Public radio station, and has since worked for Georgia Public Broadcasting and Mississippi Public Broadcasting, along with the Chattanooga Times Free Press. While she may be a new Knoxville resident, she's no stranger to the area, having grown up in Chattanooga.
Position History
- Staff Writer
11/22/2010 - current
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Vouching for Winners: More "Education Reform" is Coming, But Proponents Have Shaky Success Records
Published 01/16/2013 at 10:18 a.m.
Gov. Bill Haslam wants school vouchers, the Legislature wants a statewide charter authorizer, and those aren’t the only education reform measures heading down the pike this session. But the leaders of two of the most powerful non-profits influencing the changes ...
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Who’s Afraid of the MPC?
Published 01/09/2013 at 12:27 p.m. 3 Comments
You wouldn’t think an urban-planning organization like the Metropolitan Planning Commission would be subject to global conspiracy theories. Yet, in the past year or so, the 57-year-old MPC has been vilified as a puppet of the United Nations, plotting to ...
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Sebastian Faulks Examines the Meaning of Self in 'A Possible Life'
Published 01/02/2013 at 10:09 a.m.
A Possible Life is a series of five disparate novellas that jump back and forth in time from the 19th century to the near future. But wait, you say, isn’t that just what David Mitchell did in Cloud Atlas, way ...
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The Best Books of 2012
Published 12/26/2012 at 5 p.m.
Is the year really over? Has the wealth of riches that has been the literary scene in 2012 really come to a close? I mean, the year had its down points—can we please stop talking about 50 Shades of Grey ...
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The Battle Over the James White Parkway Extension Heats Up
Published 12/12/2012 at 8:45 a.m. 2 Comments
After a fiery public meeting on the James White Parkway extension, it’s clear that both sides want their way. But that’s the only thing clear about the project, reports Cari Wade Gervin.
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Zipcar Car-Sharing Hitting Knoxville's Streets Early Next Year
Published 12/12/2012 at 8:43 a.m. 2 Comments
Starting early next year, Knoxville will have Zipcar car-sharing both downtown and on the University of Tennessee’s campus.
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Jon Ronson Takes Clever Reporting to the Ends of the Earth in 'Lost at Sea'
Published 12/05/2012 at 10:20 a.m.
Jon Ronson has a curious mind. More specifically, it’s a mind captivated by extreme people and situations.
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UT Employees Want Their Domestic Partners to Get Insurance—Just Like They Do at Other SEC Schools
Published 12/05/2012 at 9:06 a.m.
The UT Faculty Senate passed a resolution in April supporting benefit equality for all partnered employees of the university, whether married, or unmarried and in domestic partnerships. It was rejected by the university, but that hasn’t stopped faculty and staff ...
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Magic Man: The Smooth, Sexy, and Unsinkable Mr. R. Kelly
Published 11/28/2012 at 11:35 a.m.
Is there any contemporary musician whose life has reached the highest highs and the lowest lows the way R. Kelly’s has?
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Q&A: Fox News Commentator Greg Gutfeld
Published 11/28/2012 at 10:59 a.m. 4 Comments
Fox News host Greg Gutfeld’s coming to town to promote his new book, The Joy of Hate: How to Triumph Over Whiners in the Age of Phony Outrage, which claims that the left pretends to be tolerant but isn’t—at least ...
