Staff writer for Mercury Local covering government, elections, public safety, and development across multiple publications. Beckett has filed more than 600 stories on local policy, crime, zoning, and civic accountability in Connecticut and the Carolinas.

Covers Mecklenburg County government, state politics, transit, and zoning as they affect south Charlotte and Ballantyne

Jack Beckett covers government and civic affairs as they touch south Charlotte and Ballantyne — Mecklenburg County Commission decisions, zoning, transit, and state-level Raleigh news that lands on the neighborhood's ledger. Direct, reportorial, primary-sourced. A Mercury Local cross-publication byline, also writing for The Charlotte Mercury, The Farmington Mercury, and Fourth Ward Charlotte.

Community writer and features editor for Strolling Ballantyne, covering local businesses, wellness, dining, and neighborhood life in the Ballantyne area of south Charlotte.