www.patrickmichels.

com
1509 Main St., #307, Dallas, TX 75201
patmich@gmail.com • 415.728.1563

EDUC ATION
University of Texas at Austin Relevant courses included Documentary Photography,
MASTER OF ARTS, PHOTOJOURNALISM Documentary Video Production and a six-week foreign
DECEMBER 2008 correspondence workshop in China. I was also a teach-
ing assistant in photojournalism for two years.

Medill School of Journalism, Relevant courses included Magazine Writing, Magazine

Northwestern University Editing, News & New Media, and Narrative Nonfiction
courses with Alex Kotlowitz and Alexander Stille.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, JOURNALISM
JUNE 2004

JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE multimedia skills

Applications: Photoshop, FinalCut Pro,
Dallas Observer Dallas, Texas Audacity, InDesign, Dreamweaver
Web Editor September 2008— Online: XHTML, CSS, Drupal, PHP,
Blog and photograph local news, nightlife and features for the web. Man- WordPress, GyroBase, Movable Type
age and repackage web content across four blogs, produce web extra video
and multimedia, and seed stories across the web.
honors
Assoc. of Alternative Newsweeklies
Features, under 50,000, 2009—First
place for “Private Trauma”
The Texas Observer Austin, Texas
Legislative Intern January—June 2007 Hearst Journalism Awards
Covered state lawmakers and public policy for investigative biweekly, fil- Feature writing, 2002—3rd place
Feature writing, 2003—10th place
ing regularly for the blog, and writing features and pithy front-of-the-book
news items. I focused on legislation related to criminal justice, education German Fulbright Commission
Berlin Capital Program for young
and environmental issues. journalists—2007

Texas Monthly Austin, Texas

about those years in the arctic...
Editorial/New Media Intern March—June 2003 I taught remedial reading at Kotzebue
Wrote online features, conducted author interviews, and edited and fact- Middle School in Arctic Alaska from
checked pieces for print and online publication. My e-mail newsletter of 2004-2005, where my students were
events listings attracted a network of devoted readers each week. mostly Native Alaskans. While it was
a tremendous experience, outside my
KRON-TV San Francisco weekly DJ gig on public radio, I found
Investigative/Sports Intern June—August 2001 limited opportunity for advancement
Assisted reporters at then-NBC affiliate on a long-term investigation of drug use among the in the media field.
city’s homeless. Prepared nightly baseball highlights for the sports desk.
other skills and interests
I speak some Japanese and
news photography internships Mandarin Chinese, and am fluent
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Fairbanks, Alaska speaking backwards. My interests
June—September 2005 include film, baseball (history and
Palo Alto Weekly Palo Alto, California stats, in particular) and competitive
June 2002—Sept. 2002 eating.

campus media I’m most interested in covering

The Daily Texan Austin, Texas defense contractors and
Staff Photographer August—December 2006 privatization, bioethics and
environmental issues.
The Daily Northwestern Evanston, Ill.
Staff Photographer/Photo Editor Sept. 2000—Dec. 2003