Graduate, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; completed Journalist Law School, Loyola University; Senior Journalist Seminar, East West Center, University of Hawaii; Paul Miller Fellowship, National Journalism Foundation; Casey Fellowship, University of Maryland. With USA TODAY, the nation’s largest circulation daily newspaper and a top distributor of digital news: former Reporter covering breaking news, national and international crime, terrorism and disasters; former Managing Editor, Breaking News; former, Managing Editor; reporting assignments in Europe in the path of the 9/11 terrorists, Jerusalem in the wake of suicide bombings, Iraq to cover the war, Indonesia and Thailand after the tsunami, and Haiti after the massive earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince; has covered more than 20 hurricanes. Currently, senior advisor, Stanton Communications. Former President, National Press Club. Member: Board of Visitors, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communications; Board, National Press Foundation.