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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 15, 2013

The senior said a man kicked and punched him without saying a word, according to police.

Greenwich Village & SoHo »

August 15, 2013

Ham & Jam would sell pre-packaged carryout meals by day and operate as a restaurant at night.

Greenwich Village & SoHo »

August 14, 2013

Sexton will step down after 14 years in office, the university's board of trustees announced.

Greenwich Village & SoHo »

August 14, 2013

A man was charged with felony sexual abuse after a Sunday morning attack, police said.

Greenwich Village & SoHo »

August 14, 2013

Photographer Chi Modu recently installed billboards of Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg.

Greenwich Village & SoHo »

August 13, 2013

Kenneth Kelly, a doorman at The Bitter End for more than 25 years, died after a fall there last week.

Greenwich Village & SoHo »

August 8, 2013

A pair of thieves with a police shield robbed a shop about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, police said.

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August 8, 2013

The parade will need to be scaled back if additional funds aren't found, organizers said.