Now Here's a Journalist to Look Up

Her name is Lisa Ryckman people, and she rules. For starters, she covered the Jonbenet Ramsey case and Columbine. She even worked for Larry King for a while. Before it shut down, she was one of the top reporters at the Rocky Mountain News.

In February of 2009 Lisa published an article about domestic abuse. Her lead instantly catches any reader's eye as it gets to the point in 12 words. "She left him or tried to. But he wouldn't let her go." It's brilliant. It tells enough to catch the attention of a reader, but leaves enough suspense so that the reader can't help but read on.

Back in 2006, she wrote an article titled "Pretzel logic: Researcher claims food choices reflect people's personalities." Once again, she starts her article with a great lead. Here's a paragraph that I especially enjoyed reading:

"When it comes to compatibility, however, thing's don't always make sense Pretzel people, for example, who are quirky, fun, lively and energetic, are most compatible with other pretzel lovers, ambitious potato-chip people or cheese-curl fans. But it turn out that cheese-curl people are most compatible with either potato-chippers or the perfectionist tortilla-chip types."

I love her writing style. She's formal when she needs to be, but knows how to write in a fun and entertaining manner too.

Lisa currently writes for ColoradoBiz. Earlier this year. she wrote an article about corporate women leaving the corporate world to reinvent themselves. It's quite uplifting and you should most certainly check it out.