David Boraks

David is a writer, editor and photographer whose work has appeared in newspapers, magazines and on the radio in the U.S. and abroad. For the past four decades he has interviewed public officials, corporate CEOs, college presidents, artists and entertainers, entrepreneurs, foreign leaders, athletes, activists, and small-town police chiefs. He holds degrees from Wesleyan and Cornell universities and has won a variety of awards and fellowships for news writing, editing, design, art, and photography.

David retired in January 2024 after a long career as a reporter, producer and host at Charlotte public radio station WFAE-FM. He’s now an independent reporter, producer and photographer, based in NC.  He’s also the president of the Davidson Historical Society. 

From 2006 to 2015, David published the online community news network DavidsonNews.net and CorneliusNews.net and also worked as a weekend host at WFAE. He has been an editor and reporter at The Charlotte Observer, American Banker, The China News in Taipei, The Cambridge (Mass.) Chronicle, and The Hartford Courant, among others. He was the Batten Visiting Professor of Public Policy at Davidson College in 2013.

David’s 2021 project “Asbestos Town” won Best Radio Documentary of 2021 from the national Society of Professional Journalists. Other awards and fellowships have included regional Edward R. Murrow awards from the Radio & Television Digital News Association, a fellowship from the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism in Telecommunications, N.C. Information Technology Association Media Award, Davidson College Algernon Sydney Sullivan Community Service Award, and an Annenberg/Knight Block-by-Block News Entrepreneur fellowship. David has a bachelor’s degree in history from Cornell University and a master’s degree from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn.