August 27, 2008 Bruce Allen Profiles
Who Are These Guys? – David Brown
David Brown covers the Patriots for the New Bedford Standard Times.
He grew up in Rhode Island, and went to URI for a a bachelor's degree in journalism. During his time in school he covered the URI basketball team in the Jim Harrick/Lamar Odom era while interning for the Newport Daily News. In his senior year, he did a co-op at The Boston Globe during the 2000 election.
After graduating from URI, he went to Chicago to work on his master's degree at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. He lived five blocks from Wrigley Field and covered Chicago sports for the Medill News Service.
After grad school he moved back to Falmouth for a time before moving to Hendersonville, N.C., and becoming the Prep Sports Writer at The Times-News in that town. He covered mostly high schools, but occasionally covered the Carolina Panthers (coincidentally during their run to Super Bowl XXXVIII vs. the Pats). He was recognized by the North Carolina Press Association with an award for sports feature writing in 2004.
He escaped the mountains of North Carolina after two years and returned once again to Falmouth, where he was hired by the Standard Times. He's covered a number of sports for the paper, eventually landing on the Patriots beat alongside the late Danny Pires. He also covered the Red Sox World Series run alongside Jon Couture last fall.
In his time with New Bedford, Brown has been honored with three awards from the New England Associated Press News Editors Association (NEAPNEA) and two from the New England Press Association (NEPA). Last spring, he was recognized by the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) for an enterprise series on the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA).
He describes his philosophy towards writing as this:
"I'm obligated to produce something that I would want to read. Because if I have no interest in my copy, then I can't expect my readers to. Also, I'm a big fan of sleeping until noon and getting paid money to attend the Super Bowl. I can't stress enough just how awesome that is. My greatest ambition at this point is to get paid more money to sleep until noon and attend the Super Bowl."
For a couple examples of his work, he cites his Patriots training camp preview, as well as a piece on Al "Bundy" Martinez, a mixed martial arts fighter from New Bedford.
3 thoughts on "Who Are These Guys? – David Brown"
KF says:
I'm a daily subscriber to the Standard Times. David's a good writer. I enjoy his articles. He's a solid pro.
No slight on David intended here, but I REALLY miss Dan Pires and his columns.
Angry Old Bastard says:
sounds like he's a good writer……with a name like David Brown he probably gets lost in the shuffle, sort of like John Smith
L3ster says:
David's a good man and a talented writer for a paper that gets its share of crap for local coverage. He and Danny were a good team that covered all the angles. Danny will be missed.
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