LEE POWELL

My Experience

2007 - 2013

Chief storyteller for the legendary 90-year-old rotorcraft maker.
Creating messaging around vertical lift and the future of flight, stretching from commercial aircraft to military variants.

Journalist responsible for finding, producing, shooting, writing, and editing video pieces that appeared on washingtonpost.com, a YouTube channel and other platforms.
Collaborated with editors, reporters, and designers across a newsroom of 1,000 people.
Appeared on camera as part of coverage of live events.
Traveled extensively and problem-solved in the field.
Specialized in news features and transportation reporting - especially aviation and rail. Also developed longer-form pieces, including one that took five years to tell.

General assignment and enterprise reporting who pioneered telling stories for DallasNews.com using video.
As the paper's first multimedia reporter, coached colleagues in video storytelling techniques and production.
Also did stints in the newsroom of WFAA-TV (Channel 8), the ABC affiliated in Dallas/Fort Worth owned by Belo Corp., the then-parent company of The News.

2013 - 2023

Jan. 2024 - present

Produced video news stories streamed to almost 2,000 Web sites, a mobile app, and sent to broadcasters worldwide.
Also appeared on camera, voiced packages, and did interviews.
A coach/mentor to AP print reporters taking on new roles shooting/editing video in addition to writing.

1999 - 2007