Jennifer Tuohy

Journalist & Editor

Charleston, S.C.

Award-winning editor & journalist

Jennifer Tuohy

Journalist & Editor

Charleston, S.C.

Award-winning editor & journalist

The Trishas perform in Sun Valley next month
If you’re a hard-working musician whose been pounding the tarmac for decades you’d have every right to be a bit miffed with The Trishas, who play the Sun Valley Pavilion on Friday, September 6. The four raven-haired beauties, Jamie Wilson, Kelley Mickwee, Liz Foster and Savannah Welch, who comprise the Austin-based band had no intention of becoming a successful all-girl country music band.
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Flying with Fire
The deuce and a half truck probably should have been retired after World War II, but it was valiantly trying to scramble up a burning hillside and douse the flames gobbling up the Utah landscape. After three runs the rural fire rig made it to the top and stalled out, in the direct line of a massive wildfire.
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A Barn Reborn
A striking American flag carved into the side of a huge barn door greets those who brave the mile-long driveway to Tom and Lara McLean's mid-valley home. An appropriate welcome to the home of two firefighters, this bold display of patriotism is merely the first step in a fascinating journey into the lives of this eclectic couple.
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Voluptuous vegetables and frisky fruit
Paulette Phlipot and her daughter Cassidy proudly show off Ripe. Phlipot became pregnant during the process of bringing her dream book to fruition and said Cassidy provided her with a lot of inspiration along the way. Photo by Willy Cook. As a rule, when we think of food porn, we think of decadent, high-calorie, high-fat dishes.
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The Count of Sun Valley
The cross-continental friendship between an Austrian Nazi nobleman and a millionaire New Yorker brought Sun Valley to life, but a mere six years later their alliance crumbled on the muddy battlefields of World War II. Jennifer Tuohy reveals the untold story of Count Felix Schaffgotsch, the man who discovered Sun Valley.
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Saving faces, saving women
Mohammad Jawad examines Zakias face. The Pakistani-born plastic surgeon left his successful practice in London to help women from his homeland who had been affected by horrific acid attacks. Saving Face follows his progress as he helps restore the lives of two such women, Zakia and Rukhsana.Courtesy photos.
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How Gone With the Wind Shaped Sun Valley's Debut
David O. Selznick was a unique figure in the golden Hollywood studio era. Producer of arguably some of the greatest movies ever made – from Hitchcock’s Hollywood debut, Rebecca, to the enduring classic, Gone With the Wind - Selznick was a force to be reckoned with. A close friend of Sun Valley’s founder Averell Harriman, Selznick responded with his usual gusto when his buddy asked him to help sprinkle a little star dust on the opening of his grand palace in the snow.
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Dancing with Diesel
A mother shares her experience of raising a son with autism in the Wood River Valley. Despite the gray and dreary day outside, the classroom inside Woodside Elementary School is full of laughter and energy. At its center a woman with a mane of curly black hair waves her arms in time with an infectious beat and belts out "Dance!
Idaho Mountain Express
Something Borrowed, Something Green
The Biggest day of your life is also likely to have the largest impact on the environment. The average annual carbon footprint of a U.S. household is 12 tons. A weekend wedding in the Wood River Valley can easily set the Earth back 17 tons. As with all green endeavors, it’s the little things that count.
Habitat Magazine
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From playgrounds to pancakes
How the Papoose Club has nourished the community for 6 decades. This photo was taken at the inaugural Papoose Club Pancake Breakfast in 1977. All proceeds support educational, cultural, social and athletic programs for children of the Wood River Valley. Photos courtesy Papoose Club. One day in the mid-60s, the late Alice Schernthanner was skiing on Bald Mountain.
Idaho Mountain Express
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Marilyn and Me
The Valley Sun introduces a new series from guest blogger Jennifer Tuohy. In Stories from the Staff, she highlights the stories of former employees, talking about their time at Sun Valley and where their Sun Valley experience has led them. In this two-part opener she profiles John M. Stephens, a famed cinematographer who worked as a photographer for Sun Valley from 1955 to 1959.
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It Happened to Sun Valley
75 years ago, a wealthy East Coast businessman and an upstart publicist from Indiana had a dream: to create and promote the most luxurious winter sports resort America, and the world, had ever known. Van Gordon Sauter and Jennifer Tuohy reveal how they did it. It's the Most Iconic Photo in the History of American Skiing.
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Riding with the Gnarly Old Broads
In the seminal television series "Sex and the City," cultural icon Carrie Bradshaw and her bevy of best friends let their hair down after a hard days work by sipping cosmos in New York's hottest bars while discussing men, men and more men. For the typical Wood River Valley woman, a girls night out might include the aforementioned cocktail, but chances are that it will come out of a thermos, be served in a plastic cup and be sipped while the women survey the spectacular view from a mountaintop and discuss men, men and more men.
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Born to ride: Baby arrives on Highway 20
With a Chevy, an iPhone and a flashlight, Steve and Molly Brown bring their baby boy into the world. The Brown familySteve, Molly, Alex and Ashlynwelcomed their second child in the back seat of their car. Photo by Willy Cook. It was a quiet evening at Elmore County hospital. The man who had shot himself with his own gun was stable, and the hospital staff were taking a coffee break from the chilly December night, enjoying the quiet between the storms of Christmas and New Year's Eve.
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Blooming in Bellevue
A gracious garden glows from April through October. One block from Highway 75, a peaceful oasis lies in the heart of town. A lush, opulent sanctuary, Evan Stelma and Bart Lassman’s garden is filled with a bevy of beautiful blooms. Reminiscent of a secret English garden, this Bellevue haven illustrates how to create lasting color in the cold mountains of central Idaho.
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From Russia with love
International ice-skating couple and their family call Sun Valley home for 3 months of the year. Andrei Khvalko and Elena Leonova pose with their daughters, Elizabeth, 9, and Annabelle, 3, on the ice in front of the Sun Valley Lodge. The couple has been performing here in the summer for 15 years, but are based in their home country of Russia.
Idaho Mountain Express
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Jennifer Tuohy

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A Manhattan-born, London-raised journalist and editor, I have lived and worked in Sun Valley, Idaho since 2003. Last year I relocated to the beautiful city of Charleston, South Carolina where I am working as a freelance writer and editor.

I started my career in journalism with London's Daily Telegraph newspaper, working for 5 years on the Telegraph Magazine and the newspaper's daily features page. For the past decade I've been immersed in Idaho media as Editor in Chief of Sun Valley Guide magazine, features writer for Idaho Mountain Express newspaper and blogger at Sun Valley Resort.

I also managed and created social media strategies and content for businesses in the Sun Valley area including Sun Valley Resort, The Toy Store and the Idaho Mountain Express newspaper.

I've won numerous awards for my writing and editing, am a published photographer and embrace all modern communications strategies.