Dave DeWitt
Supervising Editor for Politics and EducationDave DeWitt is WUNC's Supervising Editor for Politics and Education. As an editor, reporter, and producer he's covered politics, environment, education, sports, and a wide range of other topics.
Dave was 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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Eric Montross, former UNC-Chapel Hill basketball star and broadcaster, dies at 52 after cancer fightThe family of former North Carolina and NBA big man Eric Montross says he has died after a cancer fight. He was 52. The school released a statement from the family Monday morning saying Montross died Sunday surrounded by loved ones at his Chapel Hill home.
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Michigan State University's Board of Trustees appointed UNC-Chapel Hill chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz as president on Friday
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UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz says he is weighing an opportunity to become the new president at Michigan State University.
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A near-unanimous vote of the Durham School Board will mean the largest school reassignment plan in 30 years will happen in 2024.
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Mary-Ann Baldwin has won re-election as Raleigh’s mayor. Clarence Birkhead won re-election for Durham Sheriff.
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Cooper made the announcement Tuesday morning from the Governor’s Mansion in Raleigh, flanked by two former UNC System presidents who will co-chair the Commission on the Future of Public Universities in North Carolina.
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The Durham Bulls won another Triple-A National Championship this weekend in Las Vegas, topping the Reno Aces.
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An interview with North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper.
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WUNC's Jeff Tiberii and Dave DeWitt break down the biennial state budget
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Primaries — Democratic, Republican or both — were held in 13 of the 14 North Carolina U.S. House districts.