Tara grew up in Charlotte and is a graduate of Charlotte Catholic High School and UNC Chapel Hill's School of Journalism.
Tara has won over two dozen state and national journalism awards for column writing and investigative reporting. Among her most recent was a first place news enterprise reporting award from the North Carolina Press Association about the weaknesses in Charlotte's overburdened court system, which regularly lets murderers off the hook with less than 15 years in prison. Tara also recently won a national first place Green Eyeshade award for column writing from The Society of Professional Journalists.
The Tara Servatius show is a mixture of local and national commentary.