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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 »

October 17, 2012

The spring semester class will be called "Classic Albums."

Greenwich Village & SoHo »

October 16, 2012

The presidential daughter will share the award with an imam and rabbi from the university.

Greenwich Village & SoHo »

October 16, 2012

SoHo residents called the building planned for Crosby Street too tall and out of sync with its neighbors.

Murray Hill, Gramercy & Midtown East »

October 15, 2012

A former student says she was punished for bringing in too little money from dental procedures.

Greenwich Village & SoHo »

October 15, 2012

The Villagers, Swans and Owls are among the candidates for possible mascots at the Village university.

Greenwich Village & SoHo »

October 15, 2012

Vendors at the Broadway market say they haven't been notified they will need to leave.

Greenwich Village & SoHo »

October 12, 2012

A trio of 20-something bloggers have ranked 150 of the city's tastiest brunches.

Greenwich Village & SoHo »

October 11, 2012

The plan would bring additional seating, trees and park space to the area.