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.
During a traffic stop in the Virginia Highlands area, a police officer recovered a concealed weapon from a Maryland driver, ACPD says.
This Arlington restaurant is offering a four-course Northern Italian menu with five vintages and a dessert at an upcoming wine dinner.
A Stafford man sentenced for beating a deaf passenger on a flight to Virginia filed an appeal in federal court on Thursday, reports say.
Public safety personnel were in a Fairfax City neighborhood early Friday assisting paramedics with a patient, police say.
Fairfax County police arrested a man they say followed three minors in a Fair Oaks neighborhood and touched a woman in a store recently.
Amazon Community Day marks the second anniversary of the arrival of the company's headquarters to National Landing.
A Stafford man who elbowed an officer in the nose as he resisted arrest faces assault and drug-related charges, Fredericksburg police say.
Fairfax City Council would need the equivalent of 20 cents in the real estate tax rate to finance the 2024 school bond referendum.
A 39-year-old man was identified as the person with a weapon that prompted authorities to place an area school on secure posture on Monday.
Police are looking for a woman who used credit cards stolen at a I-95 rest area at Fredericksburg retailers.
Arlington County police are looking for a suspect they say chased another man outside a business on Columbia Pike early Sunday morning.
During two health inspections in Fredericksburg, inspectors reported seeing unauthorized staff taking food and ice from restaurant kitchens.
City of Fairfax Police arrested a woman they say had taken items from a city grocery store and assaulted an employee who confronted her.
The locally-founded bagel shop is combining back-to-school nostalgia with fall cravings with a new menu in Arlington and other locations.
The locally-founded bagel shop is combining back-to-school nostalgia with fall cravings with a new menu in Reston and other locations.
The locally-founded bagel shop is combining back-to-school nostalgia with fall cravings with a new menu in McLean and other locations.
Irish gastro pub’s Celtic festival brings live music, dancers, pipers, food and drinks to the Village at Shirlington.
A Fredericksburg area middle school was placed under a secure posture briefly as Stafford sheriff's deputies searched for a suspect.
McLean Community Center will be celebrating the Old Firehouse Center's 35 years of service to McLean on Sept. 20.
The last time a jackpot-winning Powerball ticket was purchased in Virginia was in March 2023. But one person won $1M on Monday.
