Dave DeWitt
Dave DeWitt is WUNC's Feature News Editor. As an editor, reporter, and producer he's covered politics, environment, education, sports, and a wide range of other topics.
Dave is also the founding host of "Tested," WUNC's first news podcast.
He has filed stories for NPR’s news magazines as well as Marketplace and Only A Game. He formerly worked in college athletics, college admissions, and with the Tar Heel Sports Network. In 2001, he wrote the non-fiction book "True Blue".
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A WUNC survey of public statements, platform pronouncements, and social media posts found that more than a dozen current and viable Republican candidates for Congress from North Carolina have stated in some fashion that they believe Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump was “fraudulent” or “stolen” or “not completely fair." -
Two of the 13 service members killed in last week's bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan were based at North Carolina military installations. -
Joann Anderson, CEO of UNC Southeastern Hospital in Robeson County, speaks with WUNC's Dave DeWitt about her anger and frustration over the current wave of COVID-19 case in North Carolina. -
A day after he announced his retirement, Duke men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski explained why he's leaving the game he's dominated for four decades. Coach K will retire after the upcoming season.
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The longtime coach of the Duke University men's basketball team is retiring. Mike Krzyzewski has led the Blue Devils for 41 season, and is the NCAA's winningest basketball coach.
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As Silent Sam – and its remnants – sit in an undisclosed location somewhere on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus, a small group of people are working behind... -
Updated 5:13 p.m., August 18, 2017 Several thousand people marched in downtown Durham in a demonstration against racism on Friday afternoon.
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By Dave DeWitt, NC Public RadioThe UNC Board of Governors has hired a new system president. Margaret Spellings comes to the job from Texas, where she is… -
Dean Smith, the legendary men's college basketball coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has passed away. He was 83 years old."Coach… -
No state has seen as steep a drop in teacher salaries over the past few years. Legislators also halted a salary bump for teachers with master's degrees and cut a cap on class size. "Teachers are really questioning why they want to teach," says the head of a state advocacy group.
