Dan E. Way

Dan E. Way is a senior communications manager at the North Carolina Department of State Treasurer and a freelance writer. He worked for eight years at Carolina Journal, where he was an associate editor; edited the Chapel Hill Herald from 2009-11; served as metro editor at the Durham Herald-Sun from 2005-08; and worked at various senior editing and management positions at newspapers in Montgomery, Ala., Columbus, Miss., Greenville, Miss., Fort Walton Beach, Fla., Williamsport, Pa., and Renovo, Pa.

Additionally, he was founding president of the Mississippi Center for Freedom of Information, former president of the Louisiana-Mississippi Associated Press Managing Editors, and winner of multiple writing awards. His bachelor's degree in journalism and media studies is from Lock Haven University in Lock Haven, Pa., where he completed a supporting studies program in Spanish. He is a native of Williamsport, Pa. He lives in Hillsborough and is the father of three sons.