Our guest speaker for this meeting will be Steve Wiseman, Sports Editor for The Herald Sun and The News & Observer. He is an award-winning sports journalist and editor whose career has spanned more than three decades, including extensive coverage of college athletics, professional sports, and some of the nation’s most prestigious sporting events. He currently serves as McClatchy’s North Carolina Sports Editor, overseeing sports coverage for The News & Observer in Raleigh, The Herald-Sun in Durham, and The Charlotte Observer.
Wiseman is particularly well known throughout North Carolina for his coverage of Duke University athletics, especially the Blue Devils’ nationally prominent men’s basketball program. Since arriving in Durham in 2010, he has chronicled some of the most significant moments in Duke sports history, including the final years of legendary basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski’s career, his retirement in 2022, and the transition to current head coach Jon Scheyer.
In May 2025, Wiseman was promoted to sports editor after serving as Duke athletics beat writer and assistant sports editor. His appointment recognized both his extensive reporting experience and his leadership in an increasingly challenging and rapidly evolving sports media environment. In his editorial role, he helps guide coverage of the Triangle’s major college athletic programs and the broader North Carolina sports landscape.
Originally from Illinois, Wiseman graduated from Illinois State University in 1989. His journalism career has taken him through several newspapers across the Southeast, including the Hickory Daily Record, Charlotte Observer, Sun Herald in Biloxi, Mississippi, Herald-Journal in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and The State in Columbia, South Carolina.
His reporting assignments have been remarkably diverse, ranging from the NFL’s Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints to University of South Carolina athletics, high school sports, professional hockey, minor league baseball, and even the South Carolina General Assembly.
Throughout his career, Wiseman has covered seven NCAA Final Fours, three Super Bowls, nine college football bowl games, and three College World Series. His reporting has earned numerous professional honors, including repeated national recognition from the Associated Press Sports Editors. He received top-10 national honors for beat writing in 2019, 2021, and 2022, along with recognition for breaking news, explanatory reporting, and event coverage. His work covering Duke’s 2025 Final Four appearance also earned national recognition.
Wiseman has also expanded his contributions to sports journalism through broadcasting, teaching, and publishing. He has participated in the “Bleav in Duke” podcast, offering insight into Blue Devils athletics alongside former Duke basketball standout Shelden Williams.
He is also the author of Duke Basketball: An Illustrated Timeline, a book exploring more than a century of Duke men’s basketball history, from the program’s beginnings in 1906 through the Krzyzewski dynasty and into the Scheyer era. Wiseman has additionally served as an adjunct professor at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy.
Away from the newsroom, Wiseman and his wife, Kelly, have a daughter, Bailey, who is an attorney. Although originally from Illinois, he considers North Carolina home and appreciates the state’s passionate sports culture.
With his extensive experience, historical perspective, and firsthand knowledge of Duke athletics, Steve Wiseman has established himself as one of the region’s most respected sports journalists, bringing readers informed coverage of the teams, personalities, and stories that define North Carolina sports.
Mark Your Calendar
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11/18/26 – Lewis Bowling, Author & Historian
12/2/26 – A different Special Guest Speaker