Meet the Tennessean's city reporters over local bagels. Here's where and when
If you've ever had a question for the members of The Tennessean's city team about how we do our work, now's your chance to ask us face-to-face.
City editor Liz Schubauer, children's reporter Rachel Wegner, justice reporter Evan Mealins and Metro reporter Austin Hornbostel will be spending the day working from Crieve Hall Bagel Co., 4825 Trousdale Drive, on April 16.
You can find us there from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. We'd love to share a bagel with you and talk shop about what makes our team tick.
As a team, we're looking to engage more directly with Nashvillians this year. We want to know what you're curious about — from the ways Nashville families are navigating a rigid Tennessee law that charges kids who make threats of mass violence against schools with a felony to how Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell plans on approaching the looming budget season as indiscriminate cuts run rampant at the federal level.
Drop by and see us if there's a topic you feel we could be covering more, a quirk of local government you want us to decode, or an under-the-radar court case that readers like you might find interesting.
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