Features editor

Denise M. Watson

Denise Watson is features editor of The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press. She's a Norfolk native and has written for her hometown paper for more than 30 years. As editor, she welcomes story ideas that are oddball, fun, anything dealing with local arts, history, personalities and places that make Hampton Roads Hampton Roads.

Hampton Roads hits the polls on Election Day

November 8, 2022 at 10:59 p.m.

Election Day Tuesday was the final day for voters to choose new leaders — or return incumbents — who will help set agendas for the most pressing issues facing cities...

In its 25th year, India Fest returns Saturday to Virginia Beach

September 8, 2022 at 7:41 p.m.

The 25th India Fest returns Saturday to Virginia Beach with more than 10,000 people expected to attend its yoga classes and cultural programs and to eat and buy authentic foods...

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Meet the Tastemakers: Robert Griesmer, head of Virginia Air & Space Science Center, reflects ahead of retirement

August 15, 2022 at 1:04 p.m.

"Meet the Tastemakers" is a series that gives readers a chance to learn about the moving parts of the local arts scene — most important, the people making it all...

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The legacy of Mary Lumpkin: How a formerly enslaved woman turned Richmond’s notorious ‘Devil’s Half Acre’ into ‘God’s Half Acre’

July 27, 2022 at 3:22 p.m.

This wouldn't be the first time Kristen Green became curious about a piece of Virginia history that led her to write a book. In 2011, Green was a reporter with...