Nancy DeVille
Nancy DeVille is an award-winning journalist who spent the last five years writing about everything from local politics, education and religion to health and growth and development.
Her journalism career began as a part-time sports clerk at The Tennessean. She was later hired as a full-time reporter.
As a general assignment reporter, DeVille covered Nashville’s neighborhoods. Her passion is to tell stories about some of the most overlooked people. Some of her stories have appeared on the pages of USAToday.com.
In 2012, her work earned her first place awards from the Tennessee Press Association- Best Education Reporting and Best News Reporting as one of the lead writers for The Tennessean’s yearlong coverage of the state’s obesity epidemic.
The California native studied history at Nashville’s Fisk University. She is an active member of the National Association of Black Journalists.