- Metro columnist for The Virginian-Pilot
- Office phone: 757-446-2329
Roger Chesley writes local columns for The Virginian-Pilot.
Roger was born and raised in Washington, D.C., and attended parochial schools there. He graduated from Howard University with a B.A., magna cum laude, in print journalism in 1981.
Before starting at The Pilot in 2000, he worked as a reporter and editor in Newport News, Detroit and Cherry Hill, N.J. He’s won several local and state awards, primarily for crime and political coverage.
His wife, Michele, is a senior editor at The Pilot. They have three “very smart, very beautiful” children.
