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David DeWitt

Ohio Capital Journal Editor-in-Chief David DeWitt has more than 15 years experience covering Ohio government, politics and policy, including education, health care, crime and courts, poverty, state and local government, business, labor, energy, environment, and social issues. He has worked for the National Journal, The New York Observer, The Athens NEWS, and Plunderbund.com. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Ohio University’s E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and is a board member of the E.W. Scripps Society of Alumni and Friends. He can be found on Twitter @DC_DeWitt.

David's Latest Articles

Ohio’s true state of the state: Relentless misrepresentation, extremism and corruption [COMMENTARY]

By David DeWitt & Ohio Capital Journal

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Politics

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April 13, 2024

Meanwhile, Ohio ranks in the bottom half of all states on education, economy, environment, infrastructure, and health care.

LGBTQ+ Ohioans have been used as a punching bag my whole life. Why can’t they just leave us alone? [COMMENTARY]

By David DeWitt

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Commentary

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January 9, 2024

'Ohio’s unconstitutionally gerrymandered state legislature has gone full-bore into the play: introducing anti-trans athlete bills, anti-transgender health care bills, and even anti-drag and bathroom ban laws.'

Ohio GOP lawmakers bully trans kids for Christmas, shedding themselves of any basic human decency [COMMENTARY]

By David DeWitt & Ohio Capital Journal

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Commentary

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December 16, 2023

'Just before Christmas, DeWine will decide whether to be needlessly cruel, or whether to follow the best available science as well as basic human empathy and decency.'