CEO and editor Lois Henry has spent 30 years covering the San Joaquin Valley.
She was raised on a ranch east of Fresno and attended Fresno State where she majored in Journalism.
In Bakersfield she covered a variety of beats including the military, social services, the oil industry, city and county government and did a stint in Sacramento at The Californian’s capitol bureau.
Henry spent 10 years as a manager and was the lead editor for the paper’s many award-winning projects.
In 2007, she began a twice weekly, investigative column and was able to focus on one of her passions – water.
Valley residents innately understand the importance of water. Henry has helped develop that understanding by untangling the complicated knots of rights, lawsuits, contracts and deals by which water is moved and consumed.
She plans to continue that mission through SJV Water.
Henry lives with her husband, one dog and two very spoiled cats in Bakersfield.
