Media Moves

The Assembly hires Hewlett as criminal justice reporter

February 6, 2023

Posted by Mariam Ahmed

Michael Hewlett

The Assembly, North Carolina’s digital statewide magazine, has tapped Michael Hewlett to serve as a criminal justice reporter. He was at the Winston-Salem Journal for more than 20 years, 13 of those as a legal affairs reporter.

Previously, Hewlett covered local government and criminal justice issues in Bedford County and then local government in the city of Lynchburg, Va. for the News & Advocate.

He was a general assignment reporter at the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C. and covered K-12 education in three school systems, as well as higher education, for the Daily News Leader. He interned at the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Hewlett has a B.A. in journalism from Washington and Lee University.

You can congratulate Hewlett on Twitter.

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