Student journalist at the University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida Area
- Current
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- Staff City Reporter at Independent Florida Alligator
- Past
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- City Editor at Independent Florida Alligator
- Intern City Writer at High Springs Herald
- Staff Reporter at Independent Florida Alligator
- Feature Writer at The Shpiel
- Education
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- University of Florida
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Drew Harwell’s Summary
I have experience at several newspapers around Gainesville, including working as a metro editor and staff reporter for about two years at the Independent Florida Alligator. Last summer I produced several articles a week for the High Springs Herald as a city reporting intern. My writing has also been published in the St. Petersburg Times, the New York Times Online Edition, Hustler Magazine and local magazines The Satellite and The Shpiel.
Throughout my reporting, I have covered three different City Commissions, police scandals, murder cases, plane crashes, tornadoes and other big-media events like the execution of Danny Rolling, the Virginia Tech shootings and the use of a Taser at a John Kerry speech. I also wrote long-term features that focused on issues like homeless living, bicycle fatalities and student Ecstasy use, among several others. All in all, I’ve written about 150 published stories, not counting the photos, audio or other Web-only content I’ve collected.
Drew Harwell’s Specialties:
City commission, county commission, metro GA, police
Drew Harwell’s Experience
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Staff City Reporter
Independent Florida Alligator
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Newspapers industry)
August 2007 — Present (8 months)
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City Editor
Independent Florida Alligator
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
May 2007 — August 2007 (4 months)
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Intern City Writer
High Springs Herald
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Newspapers industry)
May 2007 — August 2007 (4 months)
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Staff Reporter
Independent Florida Alligator
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
March 2006 — May 2007 (1 year 3 months)
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Feature Writer
The Shpiel
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Newspapers industry)
August 2005 — May 2006 (10 months)
Drew Harwell’s Education
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University of Florida
2005 — 2009 (expected)
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Drew Harwell’s Interests:
Feature writing, new media, online journalism
Drew Harwell’s Honors:
· Winner of the 2007 Roy W. Howard Collegiate Reporting Competition
· First place in the 2006 SPJ Region 3 Feature Writing competition
· Third place in the 2006 SPJ Region 3 In-Depth Reporting competition
Drew Harwell’s Contact Settings
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