Anna Orso Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, PA, US

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

I am a Philadelphia City Hall reporter focused on helping readers understand how power, politics, and policy shape the city.Prior to my assignment on the Politics Desk, I spent a year covering criminal justice.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

I covered any and all breaking news in Philadelphia and often spun off that work into enterprise. I spent much of 2020 writing about the coronavirus pandemic, the racial justice movement, and the 2020 presidential election's impact on the city.

Greater Philadelphia Area

I wrote about how Philadelphians live, work and interact with each other, often with a special focus on issues that impact women.

Philadelphia, PA

• Founding employee of BillyPenn.com/ Spirited Media, a Philadelphia-based, mobile-focused local news organization that's one of the fastest-growing digital media operations in the country dedicated to local news.
• Covers local news including politics, criminal justice, business and entertainment and has reported in communities from Grey's Ferry to Fairhill and from Manayunk to Mayfair.
• Focused on pitching quirky and unique stories with wide appeal, whether that's featuring a Fishtown… Show more
• Focused on pitching quirky and unique stories with wide appeal, whether that's featuring a Fishtown couple that had their wedding photos taken at a hoagie shop or an ex-addict saving opioid users from overdosing in.
• Responsible for conceptualizing and creating visual components for stories, as well as social distribution strategies.
• Curates content about Philadelphia to post to our site while running the Billy Penn Twitter account and contributing to the daily newsletter.

State College, Pennsylvania Area

• For five months, worked as a reporter in State College, Pa. covering the fallout of the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
• From April to Sept. 2014, worked as an enterprise crime reporter in Harrisburg focused on delivering quick, powerful features on the impact crime had on the surrounding community, using skills in crime, courts and.
• Developed source relations with top officials in Harrisburg while maintaining the sensitivity to cover homicide, gangs, addiction, auto… Show more
• Developed source relations with top officials in Harrisburg while maintaining the sensitivity to cover homicide, gangs, addiction, auto crashes and sexual abuse.
• Conceptualized, reported, wrote and published an eight-part special project on sex crimes committed by teachers in Pennsylvania.
• Met and exceeded quotas of three posts per day and one video per week. Show less

State College

• While still a student at Penn State, covered governance, courts and research as they related to Penn State University and the continued fallout of the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal.
• Responsibilities included filing updates for the web and full write-through’s for the newspaper.

Worked as a news reporting intern covering a variety of topics across the midstate region for The Harrisburg Patriot-News and PennLive.com, a digital-first media organization.

Managed a staff of about 130 editors, reporters and photographers and led the newsroom to put out a daily newspaper. Also worked to lead the successful operation of a frequently updated website and various social media platforms. The Daily Collegian was named the No. 1 student newspaper in the country.

Wrote about 15 stories in five weeks related to the business reporting department. Stories varied from features on local businesses to longform pieces on labor law.

Wrote about 25 stories over the span of three months for the Daily Record's Metro section. Stories ranged from meeting coverage to event coverage as well as a handful of local features.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Print Journalism, Sociology/ Criminology

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