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. He founded and ran the online community news network including DavidsonNews.net and CorneliusNews.net from 2006 to 2015 and has spoken at conferences of the Local Independent Online News Publishers (LION), the Block by Block Community News Summit, the Online News Association, the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication as well as to classes at the Poynter Institute, Davidson College, UNC Charlotte and Wingate University. David also works part-time as an announcer and reporter at Charlotte public radio station WFAE-FM and is was Batten Visiting Professor in Public Policy at Davidson College in 2011 .
Chef Scott Leibfried and restaurateur Robert Maynard have opened Fontana di Vino in the old ice house on South Main Street in Davidson. … More Fontana di Vino, an ‘Italian pasta chophouse,’ now open on South Main Davidson.
NCDOT officials say asbestos cleanup will by the end of this week or early next week on the planned Potts Street-Sloan Street connector, in Davidson’s west side neighborhood. The cleanup should take about a month, officials told about 50 people at a community meeting at Ada Jenkins Center Monday night. … More NCDOT meeting addresses concerns about asbestos, traffic in Davidson’s Potts-Sloan-Beaty project
Most of the trees have been removed between Sloan and Potts streets on Davidson’s west side, to make way for an NCDOT road connection project. But before that can happen, asbestos must be removed from soil in the corridor. … More As work begins on Sloan-Potts connection, NCDOT plans Dec. 8 public meeting
WHQR’s “The Newsroom” podcast features my environmental series “CAFO Country” produced for WHQR in Wilmington, NC. It’s a deep dive into North Carolina’s hog and poultry industry. … More CAFO Country on WHQR: A closer look at concentrated animal feeding operations
In this 3-part series for WHQR in Wilmington, NC, I take a look at a range of climate-related issues, from beachfront structures falling into the ocean to the rising cost of stabilizing North Carolina beaches to the increasing frequency of high-tide flooding. … More Rising Waters on WHQR: How climate change and sea-level rise are trouble for the NC coast
Hey followers: I left WFAE in January 2024. I’m calling it “retirement” since worked there 17 years – first as a weekend announcer then full-time since 2016. I plan to continue covering the environment and climate change and other issues as an independent reporter. Stay tuned for updates. I’ll also be doing photography, traveling and who … More Time for a career move
Our former online news site, DavidsonNews.net, had a holiday custom: Asking elder residents to share their memories of the holidays from days gone by. In 2010, Around Davidson columnist Brenda Barger and I interviewed two well-known Davidson sisters, Evelyn Carr and Annie Mildred Lowery. As holiday 2018 rolls around, have a listen to this audio … More Davidson Christmas Memories: Annie Mildred Lowry and Evelyn Carr
Patrick Braxton-Andrew’s family describes him as a world traveler, fluent in Spanish, who would rather spend a few days off in Latin America than stay at home. Two weeks ago, the 34-year-old teacher at the private Woodlawn School, near Davidson, flew to Chihuahua, in north central Mexico. On Oct. 28, he went for a walk … More Family waits as search continues for NC Teacher missing in Mexico| WFAE
It looks like Antiquity Woods isn’t happening. Cornelius Today reports that the developer has withdrawn plans for the proposed 99-unit housing development at the Cornelius-Davidson line. Meeting Street Homes had sought permission to build on land just north of the Antiquity covered bridge, not far from Davidson Elementary School. LINKS Nov. 5, 2018, Cornelius Today, … More Antiquity Woods project withdrawn from re-zoning process | Cornelius Today
Police and residents in the Mexican state of Chihuahua are continuing their land-and-air search for a 34-year-old Davidson man who has been missing for a week. … More Where is Patrick? Search for missing teacher continues in central Mexico
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