Davis Cuffe is a general assignment reporter for WHYY’s Billy Penn.
A North Carolina native, he graduated from UNC Charlotte in 2026 and joined WHYY that fall. Davis is a former WHYY News intern and has worked with the San Francisco Chronicle, Queen City Nerve, The Assembly and the Niner Times, UNC Charlotte’s student newspaper, where he served as editor-in-chief.
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