Patrick Fitzgerald Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Covering distressed debt.

London, Gb

• Covering the North American and global metals markets. • Writing breaking news stories, ferreting out scoops, and producing analytical feature pieces on the trends impacting US and global metal prices, as well as international supply chain and trade dynamics.• Monitoring activity levels across critical metal end markets including the construction, oil and gas (energy), automotive, and agricultural sectors. • Working closely and collaboratively with editors and reporters spread throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. • Conducting in-depth interviews (C-Suite level executives and the co-chair of the Congressional Steel Caucus).• Key areas of reporting and analysis include the Section 232 tariffs and other trade policies, the current status and future of distressed companies, mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, and quarterly earnings calls, among others.• Developing new sources through attending industry events and cold-calling, in addition to updating our internal contacts database.• Conducting daily, weekly, and monthly pricing assessments of a variety of steel products to the Fastmarkets price tracker, specifically long steel products as well as the daily hot-rolled coil index.• Spearheaded project to develop and launch a weekly US reinforcing bar (rebar) steel price in July 2020.

Amherst, Ma, Us

• Performing coding and annotation of social media content in order to determine dominant trends and themes within the data set per client specifications (who have included high-profile governmental agencies, financial institutions, and private companies).• Also enhancing the visibility and reach of Texifter across major search engines (e.g. Google, GoogleScholar, Academia.edu, Yahoo!) through strategic engagement within comment and review sections.

Madison, Wisconsin, Us

• Covered campaign rallies during the 2016 presidential primaries in Wisconsin.• Gained further experience in fast-paced political journalism.

Cardiff, Wales, Gb

• Led three, 50-minute long skills-building, participatory seminars per week for the Media & Democracy and Politics & Journalism courses where core objectives were communicated through presentations and the use of social media platforms.• Packaged key concepts and other information into concise and convincing PowerPoint presentations.• Encouraged deeper understanding of concepts and course materials through interactive group activities, discussions, and debates connected to current local, national, and international political events.• Provided administrative/programmatic support in a multicultural, team-oriented environment. • Gained skills in intercultural and strategic communication, foreign media analysis and research, and database management.• Provided one-on-one support and consultation to students during office hours.• Awarded the teaching qualification of ‘Associate Fellow’ by the U.K.’s Higher Education Academy for pedagogical excellence in August 2012.

Madison, Wisconsin, Us

• Researched, wrote and submitted articles covering breaking and ongoing political/business/corporate news happening throughout Southeastern Wisconsin. • Interviewed political and business sources, conducted daily monitoring of national political, business and financial press, and gained hands-on experience in managing and editing the company website.• Performed website and mailing list management, proofreading, fact-checking, website management (e.g. formatting and editing blog posts), uploaded interview audio, and partnered with senior level staff to develop story ideas.• Gained extensive experience in email marketing by drafting, coding (using HTML) and sending newsletters/updates to subscribers via electronic mailing list by 8:00 a.m. CST every weekday.• Educated on how to establish and maintain relationships with credible sources of information.

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

• Authored and contributed a monthly feature piece, and provided all aspects of administrative support to senior staff that included fact-checking, proofreading, and editing stories about to go to print.• Coordinated monthly and seasonal feature projects, participated in weekly editorial meetings, and conducted extensive copyediting.• Checked reference materials, news files, and public records to obtain relevant facts.• Participated in research projects and editorial brainstorming sessions.

Us

• Wrote and submitted articles for the Feature and A&E sections, generated ideas for feature stories with respective editors. Received assignments and evaluated leads/tips to develop story ideas.• Gathered information about stories via research, interviews, and attendance at campus functions.• Pursued projects independently or in coordination with editorial staff.• Presented with the “General Excellence Merit Award” for feature writing at the 2006 Wisconsin Newspaper Association annual convention.