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Patrick Hedlund

Managing Editor @patrickhedlund Contact

Patrick Hedlund is the managing editor of DNAinfo, overseeing daily newsroom operations and leading the site's social media team.

He has spent his entire career working in newspapers and magazines in New York City, first as a sports reporter in The Bronx and eventually as the editor of a Manhattan weekly.

During his time as a reporter and editor, he spearheaded the launch of Brooklyn borough coverage for a newspaper in Queens, broke stories on issues ranging from politics to development, and amassed numerous awards for his work.

Patrick took his first job at the Pulitzer Prize-winning weekly The Riverdale Press, leading him to reporting jobs in four of the five boroughs (Staten Island apparently wasn't hiring), and finally as editor of the award-winning newspaper Chelsea Now.

Fun Fact: Patrick got a contact high while covering the Chelsea Hotel and its carnival of characters during a particularly difficult time for the legendary lodge, but he never attempted to do anything creative nor drink himself to death while there.

East Village & Lower East Side »

November 3, 2011

Cooper Union students and alumni peppered school president Jamshed Bharucha with questions about a possible tuition charge at a meeting Wednesday night.

East Village & Lower East Side »

November 2, 2011

Former Mayor Ed Koch lauded the East Village's transformation during a reading for local schoolchildren Wednesday.

Downtown »

November 2, 2011

The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel connecting lower Manhattan to Red Hook will close half its lanes over three weekends starting Nov. 11, the MTA said.

East Village & Lower East Side »

November 2, 2011

The Cooper Union in the East Village is considering charging students tuition for the first time to cope with a $16.5 million budget deficit.

East Village & Lower East Side »

November 1, 2011

Danny Chen's parents asked the military to release more information on their son's death in Afghanistan.

East Village & Lower East Side »

November 1, 2011

Hockeem Smith, 24, was arrested and charged in the fatal shooting of Alphabet City teen Donovan "Keith" Salgado.

Murray Hill, Gramercy & Midtown East »

October 31, 2011

Police released a photo of a man who allegedly attacked a 19-year-old woman on the southbound 6 train platform at the Union Square station on Oct. 23, police said.

East Village & Lower East Side »

October 31, 2011

Photographer David Jay's "The Scar Project" features images of dozens of breast cancer survivors posing nude.