Dave Spratt Email & Phone Number

The Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources advances public understanding and civic engagement about issues of environment, natural resources and economic development through training programs for journalists.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Under the direction of Eva L. Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., the Program for Neurology Research & Discovery has undertaken research in ALS, Alzheimer's, diabetes, muscular dystrophy and nerve damage to translate laboratory discoveries into new patient therapies.

Ann Arbor, Mich./Mt. Laurel, N.J.

The American Neurological Association is a professional society of academic neurologists and neuroscientists devoted to advancing the goals of academic neurology; to training and educating neurologists and other physicians in the neurologic sciences; and to expanding both our understanding of diseases of the nervous system and our ability to treat them.

Cover outdoor issues, occasional copy editing.

 Oversaw six reporters responsible for covering Oakland County news and issues including government, transportation, education and environment.  Planned, developed, edited and assigned daily news coverage and long-term enterprise stories. Assigned reporters and edited breaking news for detnews.com. Coordinated suburban election coverage. Accepted buyout in August 2008, credited with 18 years of continuous service to Gannett/MediaNews Group.

Editor for team of two reporters responsible for covering Livingston County.

Designed section fronts and inside pages for A section, sports, business and metro.

Supply original content and edit Michigan Out-of-Doors magazine.

Professional writing and editing service.

Great Northern Outdoors is a web magazine that covers hunting, fishing and conservation issues across the Great Lakes with emphasis on the states of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota. As editor I plan and develop coverage, report and write stories, produce original video content, coordinate and edit free-lance material and administer the site.Writing samples:"Lake Huron's new food web": http://www.greatnorthernoutdoors.net/s-lakehuron1.htm

Helped direct coverage of sports at Michigan State University and 47 local high schools with a staff of 10 full-time and two part-time writers and editors. Helped direct the daily sports report for newspaper with 72,000 daily, 96,000 Sunday circulation. Oversaw special sections and enterprise projects. Wrote occasional sports columns.

Planned and developed newspaper's weekly entertainment guide. Also served as features copy editor.

Edited and wrote headlines for local news and wire stories. Served as slot editor overseeing work of other copy editors. Developed newspaper’s daily national and international news report. Filled in as news editor, supervising overall production of newspaper.

Covered sporting events, designed sports section, edited stories and wrote headlines.

Assembled statistics and sports briefs for publication, oversaw local golf and bowling coverage while attending Michigan State University.

Ba, Journalism

Graduate Certificate, Nonprofit Management

Aa, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Editor, The Lookout, a Pacemaker Award-winning school newspaper.