Personal Information
- Home Town
- Houston, Texas
- Bio
Nick Schwellenbach is a journalism graduate student at American University and a staff writer at the Center for Public Integrity. Previously, he was an investigator at the non-profit Project On Government Oversight, where he focused on national security-related corruption and waste. Schwellenbach was also a reporter-researcher for the Nieman Watchdog, a project of the Harvard University’s Nieman Foundation for Journalism. He represented POGO on the Steering Committee of Openthegovernment.org, a coalition of news organizations and nonprofits that challenges excessive government secrecy. He earned a bachelor’s in history with a minor in economics from the University of Texas-Austin in 2004.
History
- Member for
- 1 year 23 weeks
Current Edition
- Same-sex couples finally say 'I do' in D.C.
- Youth hike across country to "Pick up America"
- At the Katsucon Maid Cafe, a forum for self expression
- More money for prison rehab means more savings for taxpayers, study says
- Getting students to care about climate change
- Shoppers react: bag fee is unnecessary, but good idea
- H Street rediscovered four decades after riots
- Muslim community answers call to prayer
- For a degenerative disease, optimism is the best medicine
- Pony up the dough: Bailed out companies race to pay back money
Recent Blog Posts
- Can I Interview You, Mr. Hideous Man?
- March madness on U street
- Heavy Rain prompts a spectrum of reactions
- AU Women's Basketball: So close you can taste it
- AU Men's Basketball: So long, 09-10 season!
- What a Bummer
- Alice in Wonderland (2010)
- Hell on wheels: the Beltway at rush hour
- AU Women's Basketball: Quaterfinal showdown
- AU Men's Basketball: Glory, just maybe?

