Lelia King

  • Never too late to change your life.

    Never too late to change your life.

    I wrote a little something on LinkedIn today after an unexpected encounter in my office yesterday. Thought I’d share it here too. It’s never too late to change your life. Yesterday, a man in his late 50s/early 60s walked into our office at about 4p.m. and told us he wanted to talk to someone about…

  • A tribute to Charlotte

    A tribute to Charlotte

    The folks at Charlotte Agenda were kind enough to encourage me to share my Charlotte story with a wider audience, so I wrote a little recap that was posted today. The six years I spent in Charlotte were impactful for me for many different reasons, and it felt really good to look back with intention and remember how…

  • A new path

    A new path

    A few weeks after I started working with Charlotte Center City Partners, our CEO Michael stopped me on the street and gave me this piece of advice: “I want you to develop your own voice. Don’t just expand on what we’ve done before or try to assimilate to what exists here. Your perspective is unique…

  • Changing media landscape in Charlotte: Hyperlocal is in

    We have a fairly new crop of hyperlocal media outlets and blogs popping up in Charlotte. I put together a quick recap in case you are interested in following along (and many of you already are!). Though most of these have significantly smaller audience numbers than traditional media outlets, they can often have a very targeted…

  • Lessons in reporting: Here’s to you, Dan Charles

    I think NPR’s Dan Charles should win an award. Not just for writing or reporting – though I am certain he is deserving of awards in those categories. I have never followed Dan closely, although I enjoy his reporting on Morning Edition. But one of his stories last week has stuck with me for days…