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Riley Haun

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(She/Her)
Everett, Moscow
As seen in: The Everett Daily Herald, The Seattle Times, The Spokesman-Review, Idaho Statesman, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, The Reflector, Nisqually Valley News, Idaho County Free Press, Arlington Times, Blot Magazine
Covers:  Agriculture, rural issues, breaking news, features
currently: @EverettHerald. clips: @SeattleTimes, @SpokesmanReview, @ProjectFARE, @SpoCdALivingMag, etc. mother of corgis, baker of goods. 🤠🌈🥐

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Riley Haun’s Biography

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Highly driven, Hearst Award-winning young journalist with real-life experience in news reporting and feature writing seeking a full-time position in a daily newsroom. Offering experience in writing across platforms and sections, applied knowledge of journalistic ethics and impeccably clean copy in accordance with AP style in the pursuit of telling the most important and overlooked stories in a way audiences engage with.

Riley Haun’s Journalist Portfolio

How Boise's Basque food scene fuses the old country and the modern West - Project FARE

How Boise's Basque food scene fuses the old country and the modern West - Project FARE

A generation of Basque Idahoans sought a renewed connection with the Basque Country through the traditional r…

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'The bottom has just dropped out': As insect populations plummet, scientists wonder why

'The bottom has just dropped out': As insect populations plummet, scientists wonder why

Monarch butterfly populations have declined by up to 90% in many areas of the United States. The reasons behi…

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'Bum at home all day.' Here's how one Idaho student faced quarantine boredom in 1918

'Bum at home all day.' Here's how one Idaho student faced quarantine boredom in 1918

The paper is yellowed, the binding cracked and split. Emerald handwriting, cramped and neat, fills blocks of …

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'It's time to get on with it' -- Stockwater rights bill could be final step in decades-long battl...

'It's time to get on with it' -- Stockwater rights bill could be final step in decades-long battl...

Tim Lowry has been talking about stockwater rights for a long, long time. But he doesn't intend to stop anyti…

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Articles

Sound & Summit | HeraldNet.com

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By Andrea Brown, Riley Haun Verified
| The Everett Daily Herald Verified
Sound & Summit Bandbox Beauty was made for Whidbey Island locals, by an island local Founder Sarah Muncey-Gordon said Langley is in a renaissance, and she’s proud to be a part of it. 3:41pm 3:29pm 3:25pm 3:17pm Welcome to HeraldNetclose Forgot Password Don't have an account set up? Register today! Looking to update or manage your subscriber account? Manage your account here. If you are at a public computer, check this to prevent unauthorized access.
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To Your Table: Snohomish coffee roaster is a piece of Seattle coffee history

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By Riley Haun Verified
| The Everett Daily Herald Verified
You can smell Vista Clara from outside, even when the roaster is empty. The aroma of coffee permeates everything around you as soon as you open the door to the unassuming Snohomish facility, tucked away in an industrial strip mall. In a front window, glossy tropical vines creep toward the ceiling. The handful of vibrant red cherries on each plant are the only giveaway to their crucial role in the coffee business.
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Indulge your inner child’s sweet tooth at Dulceria El Chavito in Lynnwood

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By Riley Haun Verified
| The Everett Daily Herald Verified
LYNNWOOD — Step into Dulceria El Chavito and be transported into a Willy Wonka-like wonderland. That is, if Willy Wonka had taken a tour through Latin America rather than stopping off wherever he captured the Oompa Loompas.
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Awards

Hearst Journalism Award

2021 - Explanatory Journalism

I placed first in the Explanatory Journalism category for a story assigned at The Spokesman-Review about the problem of disappearing pollinators. Read it here: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/aug/02/the-bottom-has-just-dropped-out-as-insect-populati/

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Hearst Journalism Award

2021 - National Writing Championship

I placed second during the Hearst National Writing Championship, an event in which first place winners in each writing category compete.

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