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A writer's life on — and off — the streetsCharleston City Paper · 2023 · a profile of Speak Up writer Vince Shumate

Magazine Gives Voice to Charlotte's Homeless CommunitySpectrum News 1 · 2020

Speak Up Magazine Provides Platform for Charlotte's HomelessQueen City Nerve · 2019

Best Vendor Contribution — WINNER: Speak Up, USAINSP Awards · 2018 · won for One Week on the Streets by Vince Shumate

Speak UpINSP · 2018

Best News Feature — nomineeINSP Awards · 2017 · nominated for Charlotte protests: vendor’s view from epicentre of unrest

Has Charlotte made progress in ending homelessness?Axios Charlotte · 2015 · Speak Up vendor Edward Smalls, in a piece on Charlotte homelessness

Speak Up Magazine: Giving a Voice to Charlotte's HomelessWFAE 90.7 · 2014

Speak Up magazine gets a second chanceCreative Loafing Charlotte · 2013

Speak Up, the People's PublicationCharlotte Magazine · 2011 (archived)

Word on the Street: Charlotte's First Street Mag, Speak UpCLT Blog · 2011 (archived)

New street paper wants to 'Speak Up' for Charlotte's homelessCrossroads Charlotte · 2011 (archived)