Get in touch:
@GwynneFitz
gwynnefhogan[at]gmail[dot]com
Work
May 2023 - present
Reporter, THE CITY
2017- April 2023
WNYC and Gothamist reporter
2017-2018
New York Post, Part-time breaking news runner
Lead coverage of arrival of migrants to New York City, while breaking stories on a variety of subjects.
Assigned to cover an array of beats including local elections, health, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the protests of 2020. Earned a Gracie Award for coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and was a Third Coast finalist. Filed swiftly and accurately for both radio and the website on tight deadlines, while also cultivating sources and producing longer-form work.
Sent out on array of assignments to gather facts from breaking news scenes.
2015-2017
DNAInfo New York Reporter
Summer 2014
WNYC Education Intern + freelancer
2012-2013
Reporter, English Content writer, The Santiago Times, Chile
Covered breaking news, and then the neighborhoods of Williamsburg, Bushwick and Greenpoint. Cultivated local sources, regularly broke housing and policing stories on my beat.
Covered general news and education. Reporting on a school that had drastically reduced the number of suspensions, which earned an SPJ Award.
Reporter and writer for online news source www.santiagotimes.cl, and travel websites Chile.travel, thisischile.cl. Reporting done in Spanish for English language publication.
2010-2013
Bilingual Tour guide, Mendoza Argentina
Lead guided tours in English and Spanish of a Mendozan winery.
Education
MA, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, New York City
BA, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Award, Skills
2023 Third Coast Finalist, news feature for reporting on homeless encampment sweeps
2020 Gracie Award for crisis reporting for covering the COVID-19 pandemic for WNYC + Gothamist
2015 winner of Society of Professional Journalists National Collegiate Award for In-Depth Radio
National Press Foundation Vaccine Fellow
Fluent Spanish, Intermediate French
Adept audio recording, editing and production skills, web editing and fact-checking, data analysis and visualization