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Andrea Swalec

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Andrea Swalec is a News Editor for DNAinfo. She has previously served as a reporter/producer covering Greenwich Village and SoHo.

Before joining DNAinfo she worked as a news editor for NBC and a producer for WNYC Radio.

Andrea has a master's in multimedia journalism from CUNY's Graduate School of Journalism. While in grad school, she covered the European Union as an intern for Reuters in Brussels and contributed to the New York Times's blog The Local, covering Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. A multimedia story she wrote for The Local about two families' long history in a building destroyed by a fire won her a Society of Professional Journalists award for online news reporting.

Before the journalism light bulb went off in her head, Andrea coordinated vocational training programs for unemployed youth in Egypt and Morocco with the Education For Employment Foundation in Washington, D.C.

Andrea grew up in a suburb of Detroit and graduated from Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Mich., where she studied writing. She lived in Senegal and Japan while in college and was then a Fulbright scholar to Morocco, where she studied Arabic.

Fun Fact: Displaying the Michigan hand is the way to Andrea's heart. #MittensUp!

Greenwich Village & SoHo »

August 22, 2013

The 8 mm film shows truck traffic on cobblestone streets and a trash barrel fire.

Greenwich Village & SoHo »

August 22, 2013

Larry Olavarria, 32, was killed in a crash at West Houston Street and LaGuardia Place.

Greenwich Village & SoHo »

August 21, 2013

Brooklyn street artist Tristan Eaton installed a mural of Audrey Hepburn in Little Italy.

Greenwich Village & SoHo »

August 21, 2013

The trio spent big bucks at Fantasy Party and Tic Tac Toe before being cuffed at McDonald's.

Downtown »

August 21, 2013

A 63-year-old closed his eyes on the subway for a second and was robbed of his phone, he told police.

Greenwich Village & SoHo »

August 20, 2013

The 33-year-old tried to steal the makeup last Thursday night, store security workers told cops.

Greenwich Village & SoHo »

August 19, 2013

WestView News publisher George Capsis admitted smacking state Sen. Brad Hoylman and a Quinn volunteer.

Greenwich Village & SoHo »

August 16, 2013

An English country dancing group will soon perform every Tuesday night.