In Memoriam Peggy Platt
A short memorial for Seattle’s queen of comedy, by Omar Willey.
Category: News
How Health and Education Journalists Can Turn Privacy Laws to Their Advantage
Government records officers frequently cite privacy restrictions to deny data requests. Annie Waldman offers some tips on how to overcome or sidestep these barriers.
New Edition of Data Journalism Handbook Explores Journalistic Interventions in the Data Society
Five years ago, The Data Journalism Handbook established a new baseline for investigative journalism. The new second edition updates the first with techniques and stories from The Panama Papers, The Migrants’ Files, Electionland and other prize-winning innovations.
Cannabis Crisis
Ginamarie Emanuel, 52, is the co-Chair of the King County Democrats Committee on disabilities in Seattle, which has not yet voted on these…
“I found out about the [methanol] plant on Facebook,” says resigning member of Sustainable Tacoma Commission
“In fact, methanol was never brought to STC’s attention: as a commissioner I and others found out about the plant on FACEBOOK, which is troubling given that we were created by the City of Tacoma to advise it on matters of sustainability.”
Fortune 500 Companies Stash $2.1 Trillion Offshore as US Taxpayers Foot the Bill
New study highlights the repeated failure by U.S. lawmakers to crack down on tax avoidance schemes.
Tim Burgess: Ultimate Limousine Liberal
Apparently, Seattle City Council incumbent Tim Burgess is once again cynically posing as a liberal, mere weeks before facing Seattle’s famously liberal electorate. Jeff Stevens historically and/or skeptically reports.
Pathos, Kojak Variety
The absurd saga of Seattle police officer Cynthia Whitlatch continues to comically unfurl. Jeff Stevens golfsplains.
Public Means Public
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has apparently approved the possible privatization of two crucial downtown city parks. What’s next? Jeff Stevens reports.
