Dan Shine oversees coverage of service & parts, finance & insurance, retail technology and used vehicles/wholesale auctions. Before joining Automotive News in 2020, Shine was a communications director at a University of Michigan global economics think tank. He previously was a reporter and editor at the Detroit Free Press and the Dallas Morning News. For more than 20 years, Shine has been an adjunct professor of journalism at area universities, including Michigan State University and the University of Michigan. Shine has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Michigan State University and a master's degree in strategic communications from Purdue University.