David White

"I love sports, history and writing. Those passions have allowed me to evolve into an author. I really enjoy telling a story that people find engaging." - David White After graduating in 1984 from Vanderbilt University with a major in European History, David accepted a staff position with the Reagan-Bush campaign. After the successful election of R... onald Reagan to a second term in office in which David prepared the President for debates among other duties, he declined an opportunity to work at the White House and returned to his hometown of Birmingham where he was hired as an aluminum salesman for ONeal Steel. But first, David took a trip around the world. He climbed a mountain in Nepal. He visited the Greek Island of Mykonos. He played rugby in Australia, caught loads of trout in New Zealand. He returned to the real world in June of 1985, and started with ONeal in the warehouse. David enjoyed his work in the plant, but was eventually called into sales. It was a valuable learning experience at an outstanding company, but the steel business wasn't his thing. David loved sports. So he moved to Tuscaloosa, Alabama in August, 1986, and began reporting on Alabama football and basketball for WFOX, a popular local station. He also covered the University football and basketball teams extensively for Bama Magazine. In August, 1988, David Moved to Chapel Hill, where he covered University of North Carolina Sports for the sports weekly Carolina Blue, part of the powerhouse broadcasting company, Jefferson Pilot. Working closely with editor John Kilgo, David learned a number of writing techniques: how to pace a story, how to analyze clearly and write coherently.. During a typical week, David would write seven or eight features, then cover Carolinas games on the weekends. From there he moved to the Durham Morning Herald, where he covered high school and college sports. Then he went over to the Burlington Times-News in Burlington, N.C. where he was a workaholic. Davids high school coverage took him to a number of small towns ...Read More