David Squires

CCN Faculty Champion

North Carolina A&T State University - Greensboro, NC

Affiliated Department(s)

Center for Community News

BIO

North Carolina A&T State University - Greensboro, NC

Program Summary: Increase the publications of student stories in local news platforms through advanced reporting and other content creation courses, with a particular focus on the hard hit local daily, the Greensboro News & Record.

David Squires teaches writing and editing courses at N.C. A&T State University in Greensboro, N.C. He is also a contributing writer for ESPN's Andscape.com, and has worked as a copy editor for the McClatchy Publishing Center in Charlotte, Assistant Managing Editor at SportingNews.com, deputy sports editor and columnist at the Hampton Roads (Va.) Daily Press and editor-in-chief  of the original BlackVoices.com. Other stops include the New York Times, Newsday, Detroit Free Press and Cleveland Plain Dealer. His first full-time newsroom job was as a sports reporter for the St. Petersburg Times.

Bio

North Carolina A&T State University - Greensboro, NC

Program Summary: Increase the publications of student stories in local news platforms through advanced reporting and other content creation courses, with a particular focus on the hard hit local daily, the Greensboro News & Record.

David Squires teaches writing and editing courses at N.C. A&T State University in Greensboro, N.C. He is also a contributing writer for ESPN's Andscape.com, and has worked as a copy editor for the McClatchy Publishing Center in Charlotte, Assistant Managing Editor at SportingNews.com, deputy sports editor and columnist at the Hampton Roads (Va.) Daily Press and editor-in-chief  of the original BlackVoices.com. Other stops include the New York Times, Newsday, Detroit Free Press and Cleveland Plain Dealer. His first full-time newsroom job was as a sports reporter for the St. Petersburg Times.