About Patrick Wilson

WILSON, PATRICK is the public safety reporter covering the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth for The Virginian-Pilot and PilotOnline.com. He came to The Pilot as a breaking news reporter in March 2008 from the Winston-Salem Journal in North Carolina, where he covered crime and produced video for the Journal’s Web site. He has covered crime, weather, general assignments and features, as well as shooting and editing video and blogging during breaking news events. Patrick previously was a reporter at the Potomac News in Prince William County, Va., where he covered local government and courts. He is a Michigan native and graduated from Michigan State University in 1997 with a degree in journalism. He enjoys reading, watching movies and playing kickball.

• Occupation: public safety reporter
• Organization: The Virginian-Pilot
• Location: Norfolk, VA
• Twitter: patrickmwilson
• Delicious: PatrickW56
• Was accepted for May 16-21 2010 Multimedia Training.

Stories

Digital media stories published elsewhere by Patrick Wilson:

• Six arrested as police break up Occupy Norfolk camp [edit]
  Raw video of arrests as police clear out an Occupy park in Norfolk, Va.
• Ghent blaze that burned two buildings called arson [edit]
  Late night reporting and video production by Patrick Wilson and Shayna Meliker.
• Portsmouth, Va., burn victim has Saints on his side [edit]
  Story about a surprise gift for a burn victim includes photo/audio slideshow.

Writing

Content on this site written by Patrick Wilson (includes contributory writing):

• Projects

  • Pacific Pinball Museum
  • At 1510 Webster St. a new Alameda institution has been born. From the origins of the Lucky Ju Ju Pinball Gallery has grown the Pacific Pinball Museum, more than likely ...