Michael O’Connell is a field editor with Patch in Northern Virginia. He was also the host and producer of the weekly It's All Journalism podcast and produced the Better News podcast for the American Press Institute.
Previously, Michael was a digital editor at Local News Now, a senior digital editor at Federal News Network, a producer of the National Governors Association's Meet the Threat podcast, and managing editor at The Connection Newspapers. For three years, Michael taught podcasting in the American University School of Communication’s Masters in Digital Storytelling program.
Besides speaking about podcasting at various journalism conferences, Michael is also the author of the textbook, Turn Up the Volume — A Down and Dirty Guide to Podcasting.
In June 2018, Michael traveled to Tajikistan on behalf of the U.S. State Department to teach young journalists how to podcast. Through that program, he also had the opportunity to speak to journalists remotely in Albania, Egypt, Indonesia and Malaysia.
McLean-based KETTLER promoted Kimberly Ramsey to oversee operations across the real estate company's multifamily portfolio.
Virginia lawmakers react skeptically to Trump's promise of $5,000 payments if Republicans maintain control of Congress.
An Alexandria man was arrested after police said he threw bricks at an occupied Arlington home and later eluded officers.
Fairfax County man David Rush and prosecutors reached a plea deal in principle in the federal gold bars case.
A contractor was sentenced to 12 years in prison and ordered to pay $2.3 million to six Fairfax County families he defrauded.
Four Persian American artists are featured in a new Reston exhibition that opened Saturday and runs through Oct. 5.
An adult man suffered life-threatening injuries in a pedestrian crash on Lincolnia Road, Fairfax County Police said.
A 45-year-old Burke motorcyclist died after colliding with a car turning onto Southampton Drive near Kings Park, police said.
A motorcyclist suffered life-threatening injuries in a crash at Braddock Road and Southampton Drive near Annandale, police said.
A missing man who was last seen leaving his Arlington home Saturday has been located, according to Virginia State Police.
Fourteen adaptive boxers will compete in seven fights, including five title bouts, Saturday at the Burke Fire Hall.
A preliminary plat calls for 224 townhomes on part of the Fall Hill mixed-use development in Fredericksburg.
Federal prosecutors indicted a man on six drug charges tied to fentanyl sales and a major narcotics seizure in Annandale.
A Sept. 15 rally will call for restored high school crossing guards after a series of crashes involving Fairfax students.
A Stafford man accused in a large-scale fentanyl trafficking conspiracy is scheduled for a federal plea hearing Sept. 22.
A suspect accused in a major fentanyl trafficking conspiracy investigated by Arlington police is scheduled for a federal plea hearing.
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Makers Union will open its sixth location this fall in the former matchbox space at Fairfax's Mosaic District.
Updated COVID vaccines are coming to Virginia as infections grow, but federal rules limit who is eligible for the shots.
Police say a Centreville man shot and killed his wife before killing himself while three children were inside their home.
