Lael Henterly

Seattle, WA USA
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Professional Experience

A journalist with a passion for narrative storytelling, I've written feature stories about rocket scientists, marijuana growers and sex workers.

Expertise

Reporter
2 Years
Writer
2 Years

Specialty

Lifestyle
1 Year
Health
1 Year
Crime
2 Years

Industries


Newspaper - Local/Regional
1 Year
Online/new media
1 Year
Nonprofit
1 Year

Total Media Industry Experience

2 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

the Stranger (6-10), Investigate West (3-5), National Fisherman (1-2), HRDCVR Magazine (1-2)

Other Work History

The Pacific Northwest Inlander, Staff Writer The Seattle Globalist

Technical Skills

Adobe Creative Suite, photography, photo editing, page layout

Foreign Language Skills

Spanish

Computer Skills

Tableau, Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Access, Adobe Creative Suite, SQL, Python, WordPress, HTML, CSS, dotProject, Rhino, JavaScript, Storify, Scribd, TimelineJS

Equipment

MacBook Air, Canon EOS Rebel T2i, iPhone 5, digital recorder

Awards

2014 Seattle Globalist Contributor Award for Investigative Reporting ?Various 2014 Society of Professional Journalists Region 10 awards including 1st place in comprehensive coverage and Alternative Weekly Crime & Justice Reporting

Associations

Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) ?National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ)

Showcase

Profile

Legal Hustle
(Inlander 7/8/2015)
After a tough first year growing recreational marijuana, things are starting to look up for former cocaine-trafficker Cip Paulsen
Marine for Life
(Inlander 5/20/2015)
On the eve of another Memorial Day, one local Pearl Harbor survivor retells a story that will never be forgotten

News

Bottoms Up
(Inlander 4/30/2015)
Drinking away the days downtown is a little harder than it used to be
Cherry Pitfalls
(Inlander 7/1/2015)
Why fruit is rotting on trees while workers wait at the border
Holding Three Simultaneous Death Penalty Trials in King County Is Unprecedented and Expensive
(the Stranger 11/12/2014)
Holding Three Simultaneous Death Penalty Trials in King County Is Unprecedented-and Hugely Expensive So Why Won't Prosecutors Pursue a Cheaper Option: Life in Prison?
The War at Home
(Inlander 7/8/2015)
A decorated Navy SEAL was seriously injured working security at a downtown bar

Culture

For Your Consideration
(Inlander 6/24/2015)
Things to check out: Canned wine, "microdosing" and a pot-friendly dating app
Shake Down
(Inlander 7/22/2015)
When an earthquake rocks Western WA, what will happen in the Inland Northwest?

Feature

When a Jury with No Black People on It Puts a Black Man Away for the Rest of His Life
(the Stranger 2/4/2015)
King County Has a Diversity Problem in Its Jury Selection Process, and Lovett Chambers Believes It's the Reason He'll Die in Prison
Fish, family, future
(National Fisherman 3/1/2015)
Salmon seiner continues family tradition out of Washington's Gig Harbor
Drilling into the Future
(Inlander 6/24/2015)
When he gets done drilling for oil, rocket scientist Mark Russell wants to tap geothermal energy.