Fitzpatrick

Staff writer Edward Fitzpatrick is the new political columnist for The Providence Journal and projo.com.

Fitzpatrick has 20 years of experience as a reporter and editor at daily newspapers, including the past 8 years at The Journal.

He has been a member of the Journal State House bureau and has covered elections for local, state and federal offices. Most recently, he has covered the state and federal courts in Rhode Island.

Interim Executive Editor Thomas E. Heslin said, “Ed will bring to this assignment a great understanding of the political landscape in Rhode Island. He is a respected journalist with a great eye for news, and an understanding of how the blogosphere is an important factor in the realm of politics. This is a challenging and exciting era for media and politics, and Ed Fitzpatrick is going to make his mark.”

Fitzpatrick will write three times a week, on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. His first column will appear on Sunday, Nov. 2.

Before coming to The Journal, Fitzpatrick was a reporter at the Hartford Courant and the Albany Times Union. He was the city editor at The Saratogian in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and began his career as a City Hall reporter at the Daily Gazette in Schenectady, N.Y., and the Post-Star in Glens Falls, N.Y.

Fitzpatrick graduated from Syracuse University in 1988 with a dual degree in political science and magazine journalism. He graduated from Mount St. Charles Academy in 1984. He was born in Providence and grew up in Greenville, where he was a paper carrier for The Evening Bulletin.

He and his wife, Ellen Foley, live in Providence and have two sons, Ned and Jake.