Lorraine Boissoneault

Chicago, IL USA
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Professional Experience

I write long-form articles about nature, travel, history, culture and foreign affairs. I was Previously a staff writer for Weather.com, where I covered travel, weather and outdoor adventure. I'm currently writing a book about modern explorers and North American history to be published in 2016.

Expertise

Book Author
1 Year
Researcher
Entry Level
Reporter
3 Years

Specialty

Environment & Nature
2 Years
International
1 Year
Travel
2 Years

Industries


Broadcasting - News - Radio (Local)
Entry Level
Book Publishing Consumer
1 Year
Online/new media
2 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

3 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Pegasus Books (1-2), The Morning News (1-2), The Weather Channel (10+), Narratively (1-2), PassBlue (6-10)

Other Work History

Assistant travel editor/outdoors editor at The Weather Channel (2013-2014), research assistant at Bluhm Legal Clinic (2011)

Technical Skills

Final Cut Pro, Audacity, Adobe Photoshop, HTML

Foreign Language Skills

Fluent in French, intermediate in Mandarin

Computer Skills

Word, Excel, OS 10

Equipment

Canon EOS Rebel T3, Olympus LS-10S recorder

References

Stephanie Valera, travel editor at Weather.com (stephanie.valera@weather.com; 212.856.5246) Dulcie Leimbach, editor at PassBlue (passblue1@gmail.com; 347.673.3213)

Showcase

General

Life for Women and Girls in Afghanistan Grows Deadlier
(PassBlue 3/20/2013)
Despite the number of civilian casualties decreasing for the first time in six years in Afghanistan, the number of casualties among women and girls increased 20 percent during the same yearlong period.
When a Country is Not a Country
(The Morning News 2/4/2015)
In the last 25 years, more than two dozen new countries have been recognized by the international community. But secession isn't easy, as Somaliland's success story proves.
Whatever Floats Their Boat
(Narratively 1/9/2013)
A collective of courageous shipbuilders sail the waters of New York City with little more than old art supplies and a boat-load of chutzpah.
Illegal Gold Mining Runs Rampant in Eastern Congo
(PassBlue 2/26/2013)
Gold is a problematic conflict mineral in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the United Nations Security Council sanctions on illegal mining have done little to prevent smugglers from profiting.
The Sting: Fighting the Rise of Bee Rustlers
(Weather.com 3/1/2014)
In the California Central Valley farmers have planted 800,000 acres of almond orchards. Every year beekeepers bring millions of beehives across the country to pollinate the almond trees. But with the bees come bee thieves.