Bridget Shirvell

Bridget Shirvell is a Connecticut based multimedia journalist and social media editor. She has experience reporting on a variety of issues including the environment, food, travel, local politics and small businesses. She has written articles for national magazines and newspapers, including La Cucina Italiana, Condé Nast Traveler’s The Daily Traveler, The Latin Kitchen and Ecocentric. As a member of the Patch.com social media committee Bridget also continually experiments with new social media networks and works to create a best practices guide to using social media networks to reach a targeted audience and increase website traffic. She holds a B.A. in Political Science from The George Washington University, a Master of Science in Journalism from Quinnipiac University‘s McMahon Communications Center and was the 2012 winner of the Connecticut Agricultural Journalism Award.

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

AOL (10+), La Cucina Italiana (6-10), Conde Nast Traveler (3-5)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

In Order to Succeed (10+)

Awards

2012 winner of the Connecticut Agricultural Journalism Award.

Associations

Wired Journalists, Society of Professional Journalists