Tom Ferrick

About Tom Ferrick

Prize-winning reporter, columnist and editor with extensive experience in journalism. Founder and senior editor Metropolis, a Philadelphia-based news and information web site that operated from 2009 until 2013. Contributor and later interim editor AxisPhilly, a nonprofit news web site. Prior to that, metro columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer for nine years. Began career at United Press International. Reported on government, politics, national affairs, investigative and project journalism, plus Computer Assisted Reporting. Winner: George Polk Award, Associated Press Managing Editors Award, Scripps-Howard Award,World Hunger Award, Education Writers of America Grand Prize (2), member of team of Inquirer reporters who won Pulitzer Prize for coverage of nuclear accident at Three Mile Island. Numerous state and local awards, including \"Best Columnist.\" Specialties: Online and print journalism, government, politics, investigative reporting, writing, teaching.

Experience

1. Editor, Reporter

   Independent Journalist

   Jan 2015 — Present · Philadelphia, PA, US

   Independent reporter, editor and blogger for a variety of news organizations. Editor of blog Facing the Future, which offers an in-depth look at the problems facing Pennsylvania. Teacher at Bryn Mawr College

Education

• Cardinal O'Hara High School

  College/University Preparatory and Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program

Skills

• Crisis Communications
• Newspaper
• Press Releases
• Ap Style
• Publicity
• Nonprofits
• Politics
• Feature Articles
• Blogging
• Headline Writing
• Online Journalism
• Editing
• Content Strategy
• Writing
• Creative Writing
• Social Media
• Storytelling
• Newsletters
• Management
• Copywriting
• Publications
• Web Content
• Teaching
• Breaking News
• Newspapers
• Content Management
• Ap Stylebook
• Freelance Writing
• Photography
• Magazines
• Editorial
• Fact-Checking
• Journalism
• Publishing
• News Writing
• Investigative Reporting