Dawn Fallik
@dfallik
www.dawnfallik.com
Philadelphia, PA 19147
dfallik@gmail.com
Reporting Experience:
Contributing Writer:
• The Wall Street Journal - Regular reporter for medical section.
• The Wall Street Journal - Regular contribution to SpeakEasy, Arts and Entertainment
• Neurology Today – Monthly stories neurologic issues, aimed at neurologists.
• The Philadelphia Inquirer – General features on beauty, trends and single life.
Summer 2012, Inquirer Multimedia Project www.viewfromthebeach.org
Staff Writer: 1992-2007
The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 2002-January 2007.
Medical Reporter.
• Responsible for breaking news, enterprise stories and database analysis.
• Coverage of medical errors, alternative medicine and medical trend beats.
• Special assignments included month-long stint in India covering the tsunami.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch. July 2000-October 2002.
General Assignment Reporter/ Computer-Assisted Reporting Specialist.
• Covering major news of the day and Sunday enterprise reporting.
• Catholic church probe resulted in removal of three priests, including Florida bishop.
National Institute of Computer-Assisted Reporting, July 1998-June 2000.
Columbia, Mo.
Database Library Co-Administrator.
• Obtained and cleaned data from private and public agencies.
• Analyzed datasets for national news agencies on contract basis.
• Probe into responder injuries from drug labs resulted in a new state law.
The Associated Press, May 1995-May 1998
Baltimore, Philadelphia and Omaha, Neb., bureaus.
Staff Reporter.
• Responsible for daily state news and national enterprise stories.
• Night supervisor duties included breaking news, editing stories and creating state digest.
• Major coverage included executions, trials and Husker football.
The Record, November 1992-May 1995
Troy, N.Y.
Education/Night Police Reporter.
• Responsible for daily beat coverage, weekly features and long-term investigative projects.
• Investigation into school district’s asbestos program resulted in removal of top three figures as
well as a federal review.
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Academic Experience:
University of Delaware, Newark, Del.
Fall 2007-present.
Assistant Professor.
Beginning journalism, medical writing and computer-assisted reporting.
Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa.
Fall 2003. Fall 2005.
Adjunct Professor
Medical and Science Reporting.
Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.
Summer 2001.
Adjunct Professor
Computer-Assisted Reporting.
University of Missouri Journalism School, Columbia, Mo.
Spring 2000.
Adjunct Professor
Beginning Reporting.
Education:
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, May 1992
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
Master of Journalism, June 2000
University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
Awards and Fellowships:
•Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Harvard University: Summer 2011 - Social Media Fellowship
•Columbia University: Summer 2010 - Dart Center for Trauma Fellowship
•Wall Street Journal, Summer 2009 - Multimedia Fellowship
•Society of Professional Journalists: 2005 -– 2nd Place for environmental reporting.
•Missouri Press Association: 2001 – 2nd Place for computer-assisted reporting projects.
•Pulitzer Foundation Grant: 2000 – $2,000 grant for series on hazardous materials.
•Reader’s Digest Fellowship: 1998-1999 – Full academic fellowship at the University of Missouri.
•New York State Associated Press Awards: 1994 – 2nd Place in Depth Reporting.
•New York State Associated Press Awards: 1994 –- 2nd Place in Spot News.
•New York State Associated Press Awards: 1994 – Honorable Mention for Column Writing.
•Columbia Journalism Review: 1994– Laurel for investigative journalism.
•National Education Writers Association: 1994 – Citation for Investigative Reporting.
Skills:
•Fluent in social media reporting techniques
• Able to produce podcasts, slideshows and videos using WordPress, Final Cut Pro X, iMovie.
• Comfortable with Splice, Final Cut Pro and Audacity
• Database programs include Excel, Access. Monarch and FoxPro.
Speaker:
•University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Medicine and the Media, Philadelphia, 2012
•Investigative Reporters and Editors, National Conference, Baltimore, 2009
-Medical databases on deadline
• National Council for Science and the Environment. National Conference, Washington D.C., 2007
- Journalists, Mass Media and Decision Making.
•Journalism and Women Symposium, National Conference, Sedona, Az. 2005
- The Art of Storytelling: How to Make Boring Stories Fascinating
•Society for Environmental Journalists, National Conference, Pittsburgh, 2004
- Why Are the Creeks Orange? Watershed Restoration
•Better Watchdog Conference, State College, Pa., 2003
- How to Cover a Beat and Still Produce Investigative Stories.
• Investigative Reporters and Editors, regional seminar, Columbia, Mo., 2001
-Find It Fast On the Internet.
•National Institute of Computer-Assisted Reporting National Conference, Lexington, Ky., 2000.
- 40 Miles of Bad Railroads: Investigations in Transportation.
•Investigative Reporters and Editors National Conference, New York City, 2000.
-Making Sense of Environmental Databases.
•National Institute of Computer-Assisted Reporting National Conference, Boston, 1999.
-Planes, Trains and Automobiles: Investigations in Transportation.
Personal:
•Certified yoga dance teacher
•Lived in 15 cities, seven states and two countries in the past 18 years.