Bad day for daily news in Philly: Dave Davies leaves DN for WHYY

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Bad day for daily news in Philly: Dave Davies leaves DN for WHYY

POSTED: Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 7:50 PM
Filed Under: Media | News

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Good luck, Dave!

I'll leave it to others to make big pronouncements about what, if anything, this says about the state of things at Philly's daily newspapers, but there's no question it's a big loss for the Daily News: Dave Davies is leaving the paper, after twenty years, to expand WHYY's multimedia and web operations and to serve as interim news director.

I've lived in Philly for less than two years – but it took less time than that to see that Davies was one of the best, most valuable journalists in town. And I've only met him a few times in person – but those few times were enough to see how intelligent, full of integrity, and downright friendly Davies is.

I don't see how the Daily News will replace him; WHYY, on the other hand, can only benefit from having Davies on board.

So a big congratulations, good luck, and thanks for all the good reporting goes out from the Clog to Davies, a true Philebrity.




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