Michael O’Connell

moconnell@FederalNewsRadio.com 202-895-5339 On Twitter: @moconnellWFED

Michael O’Connell joined Federal News Radio as the morning web editor in October 2011.

Before joining the team, he was a managing editor at the Connection Newspapers in Northern Virginia, where he oversaw four editions of the weekly community newspaper. In his 10 years at the Connection, he also worked as a community reporter, Fairfax County reporter, associate editor and community editor. He also spearheaded the Connection’s online and social media strategy. Prior to that, he worked as content editor at a website and was a freelance writer.

Michael graduated from the Indiana University School of Journalism in 1983 with a journalism/English degree. In 2010, he entered American University’s Interactive Journalism program on the way to earning an M.A. He lives in Fairfax, Va., with his wife Fran, his two daughters and three cats. His son lives nearby in Arlington.

In 2012, he and two colleagues launched It’s All Journalism, a weekly podcast focusing on the changing state of media.

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