I'm the new Growth & Business Editor for The News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Triangle is one of the fastest-growing regions in the country and Raleigh is one of the prettiest cities.

What a great new city!

Dave coordinated all government reporting for the Daily Press, from local communities to Richmond and Washington. As Sunday editor, he was responsible for coordinating and ensuring the quality of the paper's dominant front-page story each week.

Dave helped grow Inside Business from a start-up monthly publication to a respected weekly business journal with editions in Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia. He oversaw the growth of the editorial team, from three people to more than 25 over a three-year period. During Dave's tenure, Inside Business and its reporters won awards from the Virginia Press Association and the Association of Area Business Publications. He helped create several new products, ventures and events, contributing to… Show more Dave helped grow Inside Business from a start-up monthly publication to a respected weekly business journal with editions in Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia. He oversaw the growth of the editorial team, from three people to more than 25 over a three-year period. During Dave's tenure, Inside Business and its reporters won awards from the Virginia Press Association and the Association of Area Business Publications. He helped create several new products, ventures and events, contributing to a dramatic increase in revenue. Show less

As a staff writer for Wisconsin, the Sunday magazine of what was then The Milwaukee Journal, I wrote in-depth news and feature stories, investigative pieces and a pretty fair number of humor pieces. I like to think I wrote stories that made a difference. I wrote about how a 14-year-old girl who seemed to be one of the bright kids with a promising future died of a cocaine overdose. A week or two later, I received a letter from a mother who told me she made her two teenage daughters read… Show more As a staff writer for Wisconsin, the Sunday magazine of what was then The Milwaukee Journal, I wrote in-depth news and feature stories, investigative pieces and a pretty fair number of humor pieces. I like to think I wrote stories that made a difference. I wrote about how a 14-year-old girl who seemed to be one of the bright kids with a promising future died of a cocaine overdose. A week or two later, I received a letter from a mother who told me she made her two teenage daughters read the piece as a starting point to a long discussion of the dangers of drug use.I wrote a story about a young man, a star athlete in high school, who suffered third-degree burns over 85 percent of his body in an industrial accident -- and about his long and valiant effort to recover and build a new life.I wrote about a legal battle that started with a judge declaring a fetus a "child in need of protective services" because of the mother's mental health problems. Then, having found her to be "a danger to others," he ordered her into involuntary commitment.It was the best job any newspaper ever had to offer. Show less

Dave covered the Milwaukee County Courthouse in 1985 and 1986 and Milwaukee's City Hall in 1986 and 1987. He also covered several major breaking news events, including the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger.