He previously served in a similar role and as a copy editor for four years at Florida Today in Melbourne, Fla. Knapp also has worked as a copy editor at Newsday in Long Island, N.Y., as a politics reporter at Stateline.org in Washington, D.C., and as a reporter and copy editor at the Bangor (Maine) Daily News. The native of Princeton, Maine, holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Maine and a master's in journalism from American University. As a morning breaking-news reporter at The Post and Courier, Knapp reports on police, fire and related issues through the written word, photos and video.