Dan Spears
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Golfweek,
USA Today,
Yahoo Canada,
Yahoo News,
Aol,
Detroit Free Press,
Yahoo Sport UK,
Yahoo Sports,
Yahoo Sports Australia
and
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CCJ Deputy Sports Strategist/@usatodaysports Network; @APSE_sportmedia & @nlgja board of directors member; #CAAHoops #ilm 🏳️🌈👟⛳🏐🥃
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Dan Spears’s Biography
Read Full Bio →Deputy Sports Strategist for Gannett/USA TODAY Center for Community Journalism, focused on high school sports strategy, editors and reporters.
First Vice President of AP Sports Editors organization
Previously with the Wilmington StarNews since August 2006 as sports editor, AME, digital editor. Stop 4 on my life's Southern Tour. Previous appearances in Augusta, Ga., (Aug. 2002-Aug. 2006), Hagerstown, Md. (Feb. 1998-July 2002) and Anderson, S.C. (May 1995-Feb. 1998). 🏳🌈 Runner, golfer, college b…
Dan Spears’s Journalist Portfolio
Interview
See all 15 answers →What was your first job as a journalist?
Copy editor, page designer, phone call taker. My immediate boss quit one week after I started. Talk about jumping in the deep end
Have you ever used a typewriter?
of course. I was born in the early 70s
How is social media changing news?
The immediacy of things is amazing, but it also has forced some people to lose focus on the big picture vs. the one right in front of them
Awards
North Carolina Press Association
2012 - Sports Coverage
Comprehensive coverage of sports in print and online for 2012 in Division F (daily circulation 35K+)