 A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Moore is a 1976 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University where he earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and political science and where, as of 2016, he still served as a trustee.Moore began his 40-year journalism career in 1976 at the "Journal-Herald" in Dayton, Ohio; he was a reporter covering crime, education, politics and government.He spent six years at "The Plain Dealer", where he began his editing career, first as state political editor in 1982 and later as day city editor.