Lucas Reilly Writer Author

Writer. Reporter. Editor.

Lucas Reilly is a freelance journalist with 12+ years experience writing for print magazines, websites, podcasts, and radio. He specializes in cinematic, longform storytelling.

His work includes iHeartRadio’s acclaimed podcast “Forgotten: The Women of Juarez,” which was translated into three languages. He co-directed and wrote the iHeart Original podcast “Big Brother: North Korea’s Forgotten Prince.” He has scripted multiple Top 10 podcasts, including “The Good Thief” and “Very Special Episodes.” Currently, he’s a staff writer for the Murrow-winning cyber and intelligence program, “Click Here.”

Lucas began his career as a print editor at mental_floss magazine, which was nominated for an A.S.M.E. award in “General Excellence.” His feature writing has been recognized by the editors of Longform and Longreads and shortlisted among the “Best science writing of the year.”

A generalist, Lucas has interviewed Britain’s last feudal lord, hunted for lost treasure in rural Virginia, and embedded with eclipse chasers in the badlands of Nebraska. He’s reported from a 600-mile-long yard sale, chatted with CIA analysts and North Korean insiders, and even profiled a man who tried to transform into a goat.

Lucas is also a professional pianist. In a past life, he worked as a cocktail pianist aboard a German cruise ship.

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AUDIO JOURNALISM

accolades

National Edward R. Murrow Awards (Hard News): The Click Here team

Signal Awards: Documentary Category (Bronze): The Good Thief

Signal Awards: Best Commuting Podcast (Silver): Very Special Episodes

International Women’s Podcast Awards: Moment of Raw Emotion (Nominee): The Click Here team

National Headliner Awards (2nd Place): The Click Here team

The Ambies: Podcast of the Year (Finalist): Forgotten: Women of Juarez.

iHeartRadio Podcast Awards: Best Crime Podcast (Finalist): Forgotten: Women of Juarez.

Estación Podcast Festival: Podcast of the Year in Latin America and Spain (WINNER): Olividadas: Las Muertas de Juarez (Spanish Adaptation)

National Magazine Award: General Excellence (Finalist): mental_floss magazine

Imagination Awards: Content (Finalist): The Floss 500 issue; mental_floss magazine

Best Science, Technology, and Business Writing of 2017 (Longreads): “How Eclipse Chasers are Putting a Small Kentucky Town on the Map.” Mental Floss.

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Guest expert: “Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone,” (Podcast). “The untold story of Kim Jong-un’s older brother,” NKNews (Podcast).

Television appearance, guest expert: “The Curse of Oak Island.” (History Channel.)

Radio appearances: Arroe Collins Like It’s Live (Charlotte), 94 ROCK (Albuquerque), KTOK KAKC (Oklahoma City)

Work Mentioned In: Financial Times; Esquire; The Atlantic; New York Magazine; The Associated Press; The Week; The Times UK; Variety; Longreads; Longform; Texas Monthly; AirMail; Express; Daily Mail; InsideRadio; RTE; W Magazine; Sunday Telegraph; Elle; Politico (II); Semafor; Latinitas Magazine; Podsauce; NK News; Bunk History; JSTOR Daily; Electric Typewriter; Ta Nea; Kathimerini; Greek Reporter; Northern Virginia Magazine; Nieman Foundation; The Norwegian American; Virginia Living