Contributing writer for The Farmington Mercury covering local news and community affairs in Farmington, Connecticut.

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.

Publisher of Mercury Local, LLC and its family of hyperlocal news publications. Cellino launched The Charlotte Mercury to bring accountability-driven local journalism back to the neighborhoods that need it most.