Julia Lyon Email & Phone Number

Salt Lake City, Utah

Author of "A Dinosaur Named Ruth," a children's nonfiction picture book, published by Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry Books. Named one of Bank Street College of Education’s Best Children’s Books of 2021. Featured at the 2022 National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Chosen for the 2023 Texas Topaz Reading List. Keynote speaker at the 2023 South Dakota Library Association Conference. Presenter to thousands of children both in-person and virtually on nonfiction children's literature.

Writer of feature-length articles in multiple publications at the University of Utah including the magazines of the College of Fine Arts, the David Eccles School of Business and the College of Nursing. Web content creator increasing brand recognition and patient knowledge on various health and hospital pages as well as blogs. Ghost writer for executive-level blogs. Writer of press releases under deadline for University of Utah Health news.Freelance contributor to The Washington Post, Money Magazine and CNNMoney.com.

Salt Lake City

Investigated issues ranging from hunger to autism as the health and social services reporter. Explored challenges facing Salt Lake City's newest arrivals from Africa, Iraq and Burma as the paper's lead refugee reporter. An International Reporting Project fellowship took me to Thailand to visit Burmese refugee camps and report on the story behind the murder of a young refugee in Utah. Uncovered inequities in charter schools and reported on the nearly $1 billion budget of the largest school district in the state as an education reporter.

Bend, Oregon

Covered rural Jefferson County, K-12 education and higher education with an emphasis on minority issues. Received the Oregon Society of Professional Journalists Rookie of the Year Award after following a diverse high school girls' basketball team, which won the state championship.

New York City

Reviewed America's preeminent ballet and modern dance companies, profiled volunteer organizations and wrote features on fashion. Managed freelance writers. Built pages in HTML.

Master Of Science (Ms), Journalism

Activities and Societies: Society of Professional JournalistsCompleted master's thesis on New York City-area community gardens

Ba

U.S. History major