Kevin B. O'Reilly

Reporter at American Medical News

Greater Chicago Area

Current
  • Reporter at American Medical News
Past
  • Midwest Managing Editor at Insurance Journal
  • Investigator at Aviation Integrity Project
  • Reporting Intern at McClatchy-Tribune Information Services
  • Assistant Editor at Columbia Chronicle
Education
  • Columbia College Chicago
  • Northwestern University
  • The Latin School of Chicago
Connections
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Kevin B. O'Reilly’s Summary

Trade reporter with expertise in covering health care and the property/casualty insurance industry.

Kevin B. O'Reilly’s Specialties:

Medical ethics, bioethics, health care quality, patient safety, insurance regulation, journalism, communications, writing, reporting, editing


Kevin B. O'Reilly’s Experience

  • Reporter

    American Medical News

    (Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

    July 2005Present (3 years 2 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.

  • Midwest Managing Editor

    Insurance Journal

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

    January 2003July 2005 (2 years 7 months)

    Edited the Midwest edition of this national trade magazine for independent agents and brokers. Responsible for assigning stories, copy editing and mapping. Also contributed national features and helped edit daily Web news service. Circulation: 45,000.

  • Investigator

    Aviation Integrity Project

    (Writing and Editing industry)

    August 2002December 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.

  • Reporting Intern

    McClatchy-Tribune Information Services

    (Public Company; Newspapers industry)

    June 2002July 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.

  • Assistant Editor

    Columbia Chronicle

    (Newspapers industry)

    September 2001June 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

  • Columbia College Chicago

    B.A., Journalism - News Writing and Reporting, 19992002

    Activities and Societies:
    Columbia Chronicle
  • Northwestern University

    Medill School of Journalism 19951996

    Lived in the Communications Residential College dormitory.

    Activities and Societies:
    Daily Northwestern, Northwestern Chronicle
  • The Latin School of Chicago

    High School, 19911995


Additional Information

Kevin B. O'Reilly’s Websites:

Kevin B. O'Reilly’s Groups:

Association of Health Care Journalists, Chicago Headline Club, Investigative Reporters and Editors, Society of Professional Journalists

  •    Northwestern University Alumni
  •    Linked n Chicago
  •    LinkEds & writers
  •    ThoseInMedia (The who's who in all the media markets)
  •    Columbia Alumni Association & Network - CAAN
  •    Healthcare & Science Journalist
  •    HARO--Help A Reporter Out

Kevin B. O'Reilly’s Honors:

* 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.


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