 He became a reporter for the "Greensboro Record" and eventually rose to become its publisher, and later editor of the "High Point Enterprise".Waynick, a Democrat, was elected to one term in the North Carolina House of Representatives and to one term in the North Carolina Senate.He held a variety of offices in the North Carolina state government, managed the successful gubernatorial campaign of Kerr Scott, and was the chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party in 1948-1949.