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Claim your profileDavid Plazas is an award-winning opinion and engagement journalist, sought-after speaker and moderator, and dedicated community servant leader.He began a new journey as Opinion Editor for The Atlanta-Journal-Constitution on May 5, 2025. He is exploring his new community with curiosity and fresh eyes.Plazas previously served as Opinion and Engagement Director for The Tennessean and USA TODAY Network Tennessee for more than a decade.






Bachelor Of Engineering, Design, Journalism at Centre For Journalism At University Of KentGraduated: 2014
Master Of Business Administration, Business, Marketing at Florida Gulf Coast University Lutgert College Of BusinessGraduated: 2011
Master Of Science, Journalism, Writing at Northwestern UniversityGraduated: 2000
Geography, History at Universidad De SevillaGraduated: 1997