Kimberly Henrickson

KIMBERLY HENRICKSON
Journalist, Attorney, Multimedia Storyteller
I love approaching journalism with creativity, using words, images, audio, video and interactive elements to tell nuanced stories in engaging ways.
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My journalism career started with covering arts & culture for my college newspaper. After college, I worked in consulting and then attended law school. During law school I discovered that I loved blending complex issues with unique prose. After law school, I practiced civil litigation at an Am50 law firm. My resume can be viewed in greater detail here.
Today, I use the same investigative and research skills that I picked up as a lawyer to write nuanced articles that impact readers. I frequently write about health, medicine, science, culture, and the environment, and always love when I can add in a bit of law or policy.
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I am based in Chicago but report worldwide. I can be reached for assignments at kimberlyhenrickson.freelance@gmail.com.​​ ​
Thanks for reading, and I hope to hear from you!
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- Kimberly ("Kimi") Henrickson
Welcome to my portfolio!
Health, Science and Environmental Reporting​
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"You can smell it outside like something's burning" (2026, Chicago Health Magazine)
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Northwestern welcomes Kenyan leaders to strategize global water collaboration (2026, Northwestern Climate Change)
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Illinois 'One Health' initiatives may protect farmers from animal-related infectious diseases (2026, Medill Reports)
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How data centers are driving up Chicagoans' energy bills (2026, Chicago Reporter)
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Teens Take On Climate: Chicago youth group energizes community action (2025, Northwestern Climate Change)
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Climate scientist Zander Roman reads the rocks (2025, Northwestern Climate Change)
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From Wall Street to climate monitoring, MIT scientist applies market economics and math to predict accelerating climate change (2025, Northwestern Climate Change)
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Oceanographer Lynne Talley sounds alarm on rising seas​ (2025, Northwestern Climate Change)
Arts and Culture Reporting
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Space, setting and strings in Stockholm (2026, We Believe in Human Artists)
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Lil Eazzyy's back home and feeling good (2026, We Believe in Human Artists)​
Beat Reporting
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What's a human to do? Artificial intelligence in medicine at Harold Washington Library (2025)
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“ArtWorks” offers affirming space for creative exploration and self-growth (2025)
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In the formula for better breast cancer outreach: respecting autonomy and listening to the community (2025)
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As The 78 takes shape, Chinatown worries about its only park (2025)
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Audio
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PODCAST: Hearing the signals of the body in real time: What new technologies could mean for patients with autoimmune digestive disorders (2026, Medill Reports)
Video
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Hello, Humans. - Documentary short (2026)
Personal Essay
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Book Characters: Friendships or Parasocial Relationships?, Oh Reader magazine, Spring 2025
Legal Publications
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COVID-19 & The Courts: The Pandemic's Impact on the Practice of Litigation and Considerations for Future Remote Proceedings, 40 REV. LITIG. 305 (2021)
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Immunizing the Immunizers: How COVID-19 Vaccine Injury Claims and the CICP Will Increase Anti-Vaccine Sentiment in the United States and How HRSA Can Prevent It, 77 FOOD & DRUG L.J. 93 (2022)​