Reporter at American Medical News
Greater Chicago Area
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- Reporter at American Medical News
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- Midwest Managing Editor at Insurance Journal
- Investigator at Aviation Integrity Project
- Reporting Intern at McClatchy-Tribune Information Services
- Assistant Editor at Columbia Chronicle
- Education
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- Columbia College Chicago
- Northwestern University
- The Latin School of Chicago
- Inter-American Magnet School
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Kevin B. O'Reilly’s Summary
Trade reporter with experience covering health care and the property/casualty insurance industry. Know how to write for highly targeted, technical audiences in a fresh, compelling way. Interested in freelance opportunities.
Kevin B. O'Reilly’s Specialties:
Medical ethics, bioethics, health care quality, patient safety, journalism, insurance regulation, communications, writing, reporting, editing
Kevin B. O'Reilly’s Experience
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Reporter
American Medical News
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
July 2005 — Present (4 years 5 months)
Cover medical ethics, patient safety and health care quality for this weekly newspaper for physicians published by the American Medical Association. Circulation: 230,000.
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Midwest Managing Editor
Insurance Journal
(Privately Held; Publishing industry)
January 2003 — July 2005 (2 years 7 months)
Started as reporter, then named editor of the Midwest edition of this national trade magazine for independent agents and brokers. Responsible for assigning stories, copy editing and mapping pages. Also contributed national features and helped edit daily Web news service. Circulation: 45,000.
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Investigator
Aviation Integrity Project
(Writing and Editing industry)
August 2002 — December 2002 (5 months)
Helped investigate corruption related to the push to expand O’Hare International Airport through campaign finance records, Freedom of Information Act requests and interviews with confidential sources for white paper and collaboration with Chicago and national news media.
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Reporting Intern
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services
(Public Company; Newspapers industry)
June 2002 — July 2002 (2 months)
Covered Capitol Hill, response to Supreme Court decisions, major policy speeches and wrote a number of features for what was then the Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service. Stories were carried by at least a dozen different newspapers, including the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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Assistant Editor
Columbia Chronicle
(Newspapers industry)
September 2001 — June 2002 (10 months)
Wide-ranging responsibilities included writing news, features, editorials, op-eds and reviews, copy editing, and designing the wire page for this award-winning, weekly student-run newspaper service Columbia College Chicago. Served as copy chief until January, managing a staff of three. Circulation: 7,000.
Kevin B. O'Reilly’s Education
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Columbia College Chicago
B.A. , Journalism - News Reporting and Writing , 1999 — 2002
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- Columbia Chronicle
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Northwestern University
Medill School of Journalism 1995 — 1996
Lived in the Communications Residential College dormitory.
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- Daily Northwestern, Northwestern Chronicle
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The Latin School of Chicago
High School , 1991 — 1995
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Inter-American Magnet School
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Kevin B. O'Reilly’s Groups:
Association of Health Care Journalists, Chicago Headline Club, Investigative Reporters and Editors, Society of Professional Journalists
Kevin B. O'Reilly’s Honors:
+ American Society of Business Publication Editors' Midwest-South Region gold award for feature article, 2008.
+ American Society of Health Publication Editors’ gold award for case history and silver award for single news article, 2007.
+ Institute for Humane Studies’ Felix Morley Journalism Competition, honorable mention, 2002-2003.
+ Chicago Headline Club McClelland Intern Scholarship, summer 2002.
Kevin B. O'Reilly’s Contact Settings
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