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Hawes Spencer

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Journalist, entrepreneurial outdoor educator reviving #Akademia; author of "Summer of Hate" about Charlottesville's racial violence, hawesinsky@gmail.com

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Hawes Spencer’s Biography

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Instructor, journalist, and author of "Summer of Hate," the book about what happened in #Charlottesville, published by the University of Virginia Press. In my youth, I helped launch and operate both the C-ville and the sadly-departed Hook. Today, I am a reporter based in Charlottesville primarily producing short radio pieces for NPR affiliate [VPM] (https://vpm.org/people/hawes-spencer) and have recently taught journalism classes at VCU and JMU. Feel free to email me at hawesinsky@gmail.com or…

Hawes Spencer’s Journalist Portfolio

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UVA spending $450K to give Rotunda that '70s look

UVA spending $450K to give Rotunda that '70s look

The Rotunda is the central structure of University of Virginia's present and past. It's a neoclassical archit…

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Prosecutor's admission frees Mark Weiner from jail

Prosecutor's admission frees Mark Weiner from jail

A man who supporters say was caught in a web of lies concocted by a stranger walked out of custody Tuesday af…

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Jesse Matthew's Fairfax victim says he caused self-hatred

Jesse Matthew's Fairfax victim says he caused self-hatred

A woman brutally assaulted in 2005 was hailed as a hero Thursday after coming back from India to testify agai…

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DNA Could Offer Another Avenue for Serial's Syed

DNA Could Offer Another Avenue for Serial's Syed

The popular NPR podcast Serial is back in the headlines with news that a young Maryland man convicted of kill…

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T-Shirt in Harrington Case: A Link? a Clue? or a Taunt?

T-Shirt in Harrington Case: A Link? a Clue? or a Taunt?

For nearly five years, a rock band t-shirt that mysteriously appeared near the University of Virginia has bee…

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A New Chapter for Natural Bridge

A New Chapter for Natural Bridge

Natural Bridge, the geologic wonder that captivated early America, is heading toward a revival as a Virginia …

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Articles

Buckingham drug dealer who pummelled jailhouse inmate sees sentence rise to 20 years

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By Hawes Spencer
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University Village resident who sued to stop expansion wins partial legal victory

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By Hawes Spencer
| The Daily Progress Verified
For four years, retired law librarian Daniel Lavering has argued that the board governing his home in one of the Charlottesville area's most exclusive retirement homes lacked the authority to build additional condominiums. On June 30, Virginia's Court of Appeals told him he was half right. kAmx? 2 AF3=:D965 @A:?:@? E92E F?E2?8=6D 2 <?@E @7 4@?5@ =2H 52E:?8 324< E9C66 564256D[ E96 4@FCE CF=65 E92E =6256CD 2E &?:G6CD:EJ ':==286 :?
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Charlottesville court weighs what counts as an 'image' ex-airman's child porn case

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By Hawes Spencer
| The Daily Progress Verified
When the topic is child pornography, how much worse is a video than an image? That debate raged in a federal courtroom in Charlottesville last week during the sentencing hearing for 41-year-old Michael Ray Roomsburg, who admitted to possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material. kAmQ%96 BF6DE:@? 96C6[ @7 4@FCD6[Q 2C8F65 #@@>D3FC8VD 2EE@C?6J :? 4@FCE @?
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Interview

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What was your first job as a journalist?

Wingspan, the student newspaper at Harry F. Byrd Middle School in Henrico County.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Absolutely yes.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

It means being an honest and energetic broker of information.

Awards

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Award for Journalistic Integrity and Community Service

2007

Highest honor from the Virginia Press Association

Award for Journalistic Integrity and Community Service

2009 - Highest honor from the Virginia Press Association

Award for Journalistic Integrity and Community Service

2012 - Highest honor from the Virginia Press Association