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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WUNC's Dave DeWitt speaks with Elizabeth Ouzts from the Energy News Network
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Two of the 13 service members killed in last week's bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan were based at North Carolina military installations.
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The outbreak occurred among adults who attended a basketball fantasy camp called “The K Academy” earlier this month.
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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.
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North Carolina's vaccination rate ticked up last week, but millions of the state's residents are still not vaccinated. WUNC's Dave DeWitt talks to Rose Hoban from North Carolina Health News about the doubts, the data and the Delta variant.
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Host Dave DeWitt speaks with Rose Hoban, editor and founder of North Carolina Health News, about how we should feel toward those who have chosen to remain unvaccinated, the efforts to increase North Carolina's vaccination rate, and why some of them might still work.
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The Faculty Council at UNC Chapel Hill has passed a resolution in support of Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz. It comes as the chair of the Faculty Council, Mimi Chapman, said she was contacted by someone over the weekend who had been in a meeting where names were being solicited for interim chancellor.
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When broken down by county, North Carolina's vaccination rate against Covid ranges from "not bad" to pretty awful.
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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.