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The Editors
Business & Tech
TECHNOLOGY | AEROSPACE | MICROSOFT | AMAZON | STARBUCKS | REAL ESTATE
Levi Pulkkinen, business editor
206.464.3193. [email protected]. Twitter: @levipulk.
Rania Oteify, deputy business editor
206.652.6225 [email protected].
Judy Averill, business producer
206.464.8252. [email protected].
Dominic Gates, Boeing & aerospace reporter
206.464.2963. [email protected]. Twitter: @dominicgates.
Heidi Groover, real estate reporter
206.464.8273. [email protected]. Twitter: @heidigroover.
Alex Halverson, business reporter
206.652.6352. [email protected] Twitter: @byalexhalverson
Paul Roberts, business reporter
206.464.2951. [email protected] Twitter: @Pauledroberts.
Lauren Rosenblatt, Amazon reporter
206.464.2927. [email protected] Twitter: @LRosenblatt_.
Jon Talton, columnist
[email protected]. Twitter: @JonTalton.
Digital
LOCAL NEWS | BUSINESS | SPORTS | ENTERTAINMENT | LIFE
Anne Christnovich, digital editor
206.464.2450. [email protected]. Twitter: @anne_c_1234.
Newsroom Producers, 206.464.2558.
Jeff Albertson, metro producer
206.464.2304. [email protected]. Twitter: @Jeff_Albertson.
Agnes Al-Shibibi, opinion desk editor
206.464.2763. [email protected].
Michelle Archer, news producer
206.652.6238. [email protected].
Judy Averill, business producer
206.464.8252. [email protected].
Chris Cole, sports producer
206.464.2229. [email protected]. Twitter: @ccole20.
Qina Liu, senior news producer
206.464.2203. [email protected]. Twitter: @qinaliu.
Sarah-Mae McCullough, features producer
206.464.8250. [email protected].
Sue Misao, news producer
[email protected].
Ryan Nguyen, news producer
206.464.2984. [email protected]. Twitter: @ryannguy_n.
Tony Thai, news producer
206.464.2357. [email protected]. Twitter: @tonythethaiger1.
Entertainment
BOOKS | MOVIES | MUSIC | THEATER
Trevor Lenzmeier, features editor (direct contact for food and outdoors-related stories)
206.464.8995. [email protected]. Twitter: @TrevLenz.
Janet Tu, assistant features editor (direct contact for arts and entertainment/culture-related stories)
206.464.2272. [email protected]. Twitter: @janettu.
Ana Sofia Knauf, assistant features editor (direct contact for communities, culture, travel and digital-related stories)
206.464.8280. [email protected]. Twitter: @asknauf.
Sarah-Mae McCullough, features producer
206.464.8250. [email protected].
Dominic Baez, desk editor, freelance TV and movies coordinator
206.464.3349. [email protected].
Yasmeen Wafai, desk editor, freelance books coordinator
206.464.2763. [email protected].
Moira Macdonald, arts critic
206.464.2725. [email protected]. Twitter: @moiraverse.
Michael Rietmulder, music writer
206.652.6590. [email protected]. Twitter: @mrietmulder.
Margo Vansynghel, arts economy reporter
206.464.3760. [email protected].
Gemma Wilson, arts and culture reporter
206.464.2948. [email protected].
Graphics & Design
Frank Mina, assistant managing editor
206.464.2573. [email protected]. Twitter: @FMina.
Wayne Begasse, page designer
206.464.2923. [email protected].
Boo Billstein, magazine designer
206.464.2985. [email protected].
Gabriel Campanario, graphic artist
206.464.8795. [email protected]. Twitter: @SeattleSketcher.
Jacie Landeros, page designer. [email protected].
Jennifer Luxton, page designer
[email protected]. Twitter: @JenniferLuxton.
Fiona Martin, graphic artist. [email protected].
Mark Nowlin, lead graphic artist
206.464.2208. [email protected].
Alison Saldanha, graphic reporter
206.652.6578. [email protected].
Rita Wong, page designer
206.464.2940. [email protected].
Investigations
Jonathan Martin, investigations editor
206.464.2605. [email protected]. Twitter: @jmartin206.
Laura Greanias, deputy investigations editor
206.464.2588. [email protected]. Twitter: @LauraGreanias.
Sydney Brownstone, reporter
206.464.3225. [email protected]. Twitter: @sydbrownstone.
Patrick Malone, reporter
206.464.2231. [email protected]. Twitter: @pmalonedc.
Rebecca Moss, reporter
206.464.2234. [email protected]. Twitter: @RebeccaKMoss.
Lulu Ramadan, reporter
206.464.2331. [email protected]. Twitter: @luluramadan.
Mike Reicher, reporter
206.464.2289. [email protected]. Twitter: @mreicher.
Manuel Villa, data journalist
206.464.2262. [email protected]. Twitter: @mvilla1859.
Miyoko Wolf, news researcher
206.464.8987. [email protected].
Life
FOOD & DRINK | TRAVEL | OUTDOORS | HOME & DECOR
Trevor Lenzmeier, features editor (direct contact for food and outdoors-related stories)
206.464.8995. [email protected]. Twitter: @TrevLenz.
Janet Tu, assistant features editor (direct contact for arts and entertainment/culture-related stories)
206.464.2272. [email protected]. Twitter: @janettu.
Ana Sofia Knauf, assistant features editor (direct contact for communities, culture, travel and digital-related stories)
206.464.8280. [email protected]. Twitter: @asknauf.
Sarah-Mae McCullough, features producer
206.464.8250. [email protected].
Bethany Jean Clement, food writer
206.464.2050. [email protected]. Instagram: @bethanyjeanclement.
Jackie Varriano, food writer
206.464.2225. [email protected].
Tan Vinh, food writer
206.515.5656. [email protected]. Twitter: @tanvinhseattle.
Gregory Scruggs, outdoors reporter
206.652.6514. [email protected].
Tat Bellamy-Walker, communities reporter
206.652.6679. [email protected]. Twitter: @bell_tati.
Local News
LOCAL NEWS HOME | TRANSPORTATION | EDUCATION
Metro Desk, 206.464.2204.
Zachariah Bryan, night and weekend editor
206.652.6602. [email protected]. Twitter: @ZachariahTB
Molly Harbarger, Project Homeless editor
206.464.2924. [email protected]. Twitter: @MollyHarbarger.
Yihyun Jeong, deputy metro editor
206.464-2283. [email protected]. Twitter: @yihyun_jeong.
Beth Kaiman, assistant metro editor
206.464.2441. [email protected].
Jeong Park, morning editor
206.464.2720. [email protected]. Twitter: @JeongPark52.
Diana Samuels, Mental Health Project editor and deputy metro editor
206.464.2074. [email protected]. Twitter: @dzsamuels.
Anika Varty, assistant metro editor
206.464.2569. [email protected]. Twitter: @anikavarty.
Benjamin Woodard, Climate Lab editor
206.464.2236. [email protected]. Twitter: @benjamdub.
Jeff Albertson, metro producer
206.464.2304. [email protected]. Twitter: @Jeff_Albertson.
Gene Balk, FYI Guy columnist
206.515.5052. [email protected]. Twitter: @genebalk.
Dahlia Bazzaz, education reporter
206.464.8522. [email protected]. Twitter: @dahliabazzaz.
Daniel Beekman, politics and communities reporter
206.464.2164. [email protected]. Twitter: @DBeekman.
Taylor Blatchford, Mental Health engagement reporter
206.464.2280. [email protected]. Twitter: @blatchfordtr.
Isabella Breda, Climate Lab reporter
206.652.6536. [email protected].
Jim Brunner, politics reporter
206.515.5628. [email protected]. Twitter: @Jim_Brunner
Claire Bryan, Education Lab reporter
206.464.8946. [email protected]. Twitter: @claireab320
Mike Carter, criminal justice reporter
206.464.3706. [email protected]. Twitter: @stimesmcarter.
Paige Cornwell, breaking news lead reporter
206.464.2530. [email protected]. Twitter: @pgcornwell.
Nicholas Deshais, transportion reporter
206-464-2932. [email protected].
Caitlyn Freeman, breaking news reporter
206.464.8144. [email protected].
Hannah Furfaro, Mental Health reporter
[email protected]. Twitter: @HannahFurfaro.
Catalina Gaitán, breaking news reporter
206.464.8276. [email protected]. Twitter: @catalinagaitan_.
Lauren Girgis, General assignment metro reporter
206.652.6591. [email protected]. Twitter: @laurengirgis.
Sara Jean Green, criminal justice reporter
206.515.5654. [email protected]. Twitter: @SJGTimes.
David Gutman, politics reporter
206.464.2926. [email protected]. Twitter: @davidlgutman.
Naomi Ishisaka, assistant managing editor and social justice columnist
206.652.6522. [email protected]. Twitter: @naomiishisaka.
Greg Kim, Project Homeless reporter
206.464.2532. [email protected].
David Kroman, city hall reporter
206.464.3196. [email protected]. Twitter: @KromanDavid.
Mike Lindblom, Traffic Lab reporter
206.515.5631. [email protected]. Twitter: @MikeLindblom.
Lynda V. Mapes, environment reporter
206.464.2515. [email protected]. Twitter: @LyndaVMapes.
Anna Patrick, Project Homeless reporter
206.464.2157. [email protected]. Twitter: @annaleapatrick.
Vonnai Phair, morning reporter
206.464.3190. [email protected]. Twitter: @vonnaiphair.
Nina Shapiro, social issues reporter
206.464.3303. [email protected]. Twitter: @NinaShapiro.
Jenn Smith, Education Lab engagement reporter
206.464.2925. [email protected]. Twitter: @JennSmith_Ink.
Denisa R. Superville, K-12 education reporter
206.464.8216. [email protected]. Twitter: @drsuperville.
Conrad Swanson, Climate Lab reporter
206.464.3805. [email protected]. Twitter: @Conrad_Swanson.
Elise Takahama, health reporter
360.236.8268. [email protected]. Twitter: @elisetakahama.
Danny Westneat, columnist
206.464.2086. [email protected].
Claire Withycombe, state government reporter
206.464.2578. [email protected]. Twitter: @kcwithycombe
Miyoko Wolf, news researcher
206.464.8987. [email protected].
Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks, race and equity reporter
206.464.2246. [email protected]. Twitter: @ayoonhendricks.
Amanda Zhou, Climate Lab reporter
206.464.2508. [email protected]. Twitter: @AmondoZhou.
News Columnists
Jon Talton comments on economic news, issues and trends, with an emphasis on Seattle and the Northwest. [email protected]. Twitter: @JonTalton.
Seattle Sketcher Gabriel Campanario illustrates life in the Puget Sound region. He has been living and drawing in Seattle since 2006. 206-464-8795. [email protected]. Twitter: @SeattleSketcher.
FYI Guy Gene Balk crunches the numbers. Gene first came to The Seattle Times as a news librarian in 2002 and has transitioned into the go-to data columnist in the region. 206.515.5052. [email protected]. Twitter: @GeneBalk.
Naomi Ishisaka writes about race, culture and equity, through a social-justice lens. 206.652.6522. [email protected]. Twitter: @naomiishisaka.
Danny Westneat takes an opinionated look at the Puget Sound region's news, people and politics. 206.464.2086. [email protected].
Geoff Baker is a sports enterprise and investigative reporter for The Seattle Times who writes a column on hockey. 206.464.8286. [email protected]. Twitter: @GeoffBakerTimes.
Matt Calkins joined The Seattle Times in August 2015 as a sports columnist after three years at the San Diego Union Tribune. Never afraid to take a stand or go off the beaten path, Matt enjoys writing about the human condition every bit as much as walk-offs or buzzer-beaters. His mom reads the comments, so take it easy on him. 206.464.3185. [email protected]. Twitter: @matt_calkins.
Bob Condotta covers the Seahawks for the Seattle Times. He provides daily coverage of the team throughout the year. 206.515.5699. [email protected]. Twitter: @bcondotta.
News Copy Desk
Kris Higginson, news desk chief and Morning Brief editor
206.464.3246. [email protected].
Bill Lewis, p.m. news editor
206.464.2751. [email protected].
Kaleigh Carroll, news desk editor
206.652.6542. [email protected].
Karen Cater, news desk editor
206.464.8975. [email protected].
Raquel Comerford, news desk editor
206.464.2152. [email protected].
Laura Gordon, news coordinator
206.464.2955. [email protected]. Twitter: @LaGoSea.
Brandon Foster, news desk editor and Evening Brief editor
206.464.6559. [email protected]
Julie Hanson, news desk editor
206.464.8557. [email protected].
Janelle Kohnert, news desk editor
206.464.8976. [email protected]
Andrew Koleski, news desk editor
206.464.8318. [email protected]
Angela Lo, news desk editor
206.464.6543. [email protected].
Emmanuel Lopez, news desk editor
206.464.8990. [email protected].
Carole McClosky, news desk editor
206.464.8258. [email protected].
Neena Pellegrini, news desk editor
206.464.3114. [email protected].
Larissa Pfeifer, news desk editor
206.464.8214. [email protected].
Craig Reese, news desk editor
206.464.3123. [email protected].
Elouise Schumacher, news desk editor
206.464.8973. [email protected].
Opinion
Editorial board members:
Kate Riley is the editorial page editor, who works with The Times editorial board to develop the opinion page's positions on issues. She joined The Times' editorial page in 2002 as a writer and columnist. A graduate of Redmond High School and the University of Washington, she returned to the Seattle area after spending 17 years working at Eastern Washington newspapers where she was a reporter, editorial writer and editorial page editor. She started her career as a farm writer for the Times-owned Walla Walla Union-Bulletin (Think Walla Walla Sweet Onions and the wine industry.) 206-464-2260. [email protected]. Twitter: @k8riley.
Melissa Davis joined the editorial board after 17 years in The Seattle Times newsroom as a copy editor, arts editor and front-page editor/copy desk chief. She returned to the Northwest after six years in a Central California newsroom – a dry, citrus-filled break from many years at small Oregon dailies. A native Oregonian, she graduated from the University of Oregon School of Journalism. She’s occasionally aided in making editing decisions by her tuxedo cats, Sacco and Vanzetti. 206-464-2506. [email protected].
Alex Fryer joined The Seattle Times editorial board in 2021. A Seattle native, Alex graduated from the University of Washington. After working as a reporter for the Puget Sound Business Journal, Alex joined the Times in 1997, where he covered several different beats and served as the paper’s Washington DC correspondent. He joined the administration of Mayor Greg Nickels in 2007 as press secretary and senior advisor. He later worked as a consultant. In 2016, Alex became communications director for the King County Executive’s Office. Alex’s black Labrador often takes him for walks around his West Seattle neighborhood. 206-464-2437. [email protected]. Twitter: @alexfryer7.
Carlton Winfrey is a native of Nashville, Tenn., and came to The Seattle Times as its politics editor in 2020. Before coming to Seattle, he was the city editor at the Detroit Free Press, where he also led the newspaper's high school apprenticeship program. Carlton also worked as an editor at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and as the Opinion Page editor and as a reporter at the Flint Journal. He has taught journalism at Oakland (Michigan) University and at the Zambia Institute of Mass Communications in Lusaka, Zambia. He is a former board member and current advisory board member for Mariners Inn homeless shelter for men in Detroit. He is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, the Seattle Association of Black Journalists and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. He lives in Seattle's South End. 206-464-2075. [email protected]. Twitter: @CarltonWinfrey.
Claudia Rowe, a member of The Seattle Times’s original Education Lab reporting team, joined the editorial board in 2022. A groundbreaking effort to investigate state and local education challenges from a solutions-based perspective, Education Lab has since spawned similar models across the country. After five years on Ed Lab, Claudia left the newsroom in 2018 to begin work on her second book, which focuses on foster care. Her first, The Spider and the Fly, was published in 2017 and won the Washington State Book Award for memoir. For more than three decades, Claudia has focused her reporting on the intersection of young people and government systems, through coverage on education, child welfare and juvenile justice. A native of New York City, Claudia moved to Seattle in 2003 and has never looked back. 206-652-7611. [email protected]. Twitter: @RoweReport.
Josh Farley joined the editorial board in 2023 after nearly two decades in journalism on Washington’s Kitsap Peninsula. Josh grew up in Wilsonville, Oregon, attended St. Mary’s College of California, and got his start covering schools for the North Kitsap Herald in Poulsbo in 2003. He spent 17 years at the Kitsap Sun in Bremerton, working various beats including the courts, the military and city hall. Josh embraced nontraditional storytelling forms, hosting live tours, debates and even a monthly news trivia night. He enjoys hiking and freeing northwest trees from the irrepressible English Ivy. 206-464-8275. [email protected]. Twitter: @joshfarley.
Pacific NW Magazine
Bill Reader, magazine editor
206.464.2416. [email protected].
Sandy Deneau Dunham, magazine associate editor
206.464.2252. [email protected].
Sandi Doughton, reporter
206.464.2491. [email protected]. Twitter: @SandiDoughton.
Brendan Kiley, reporter
206.464.2507. [email protected]. Twitter: @brendankiley.
Boo Billstein, designer
206.464.2985. [email protected].
Photo & Video
PHOTO HOMEPAGE | VIDEO HOMEPAGE
Angie Gottschalk, director of photography
Colin Diltz, photo editor
206.464.2047. [email protected].
Bettina Hansen, photo editor
206.464.2175. [email protected]. Twitter: @bettinahansen.
Cara Brannan, associate photo editor
206.464.2203. [email protected].
Ellen Banner, photographer
206.515.5084. [email protected].
Jennifer Buchanan, photographer
206.464.8270. [email protected].
Ivy Ceballo, photographer
[email protected]. Twitter: @IvyCeballo
Kevin Clark, photographer
[email protected].
Ramon Dompor, video journalist
206.652.6555. [email protected]. Twitter: @ramondompor.
Karen Ducey, photographer
[email protected].
Lauren Frohne, lead video journalist
206.464.2049. [email protected]. Twitter: @laurenfrohne.
Brandon Garcia, digital production assistant
206.464.2048. [email protected].
Ken Lambert, photographer
206.515.5581. [email protected]. Twitter: @SeaTimesFotoKen.
Travis Ness, digital production assistant
206.464.2127. [email protected].
Nicole Pasia, digital production assistant
[email protected].
Amanda Ray, digital production assistant
206.652.6520. [email protected].
Courtney Blethen Riffkin, digital production assistant
206.464.1941. [email protected]. Twitter: @courtneyblethen.
Dean Rutz, photographer
206.464.8303. [email protected]. Twitter: @deanrutz.
Erika Schultz, photographer
206.464.8145. [email protected]. Twitter: @ErikaJSchultz.
Nick Wagner, photographer
[email protected]. Twitter: @WagsPhoto.
Sports
SEAHAWKS | MARINERS | HUSKIES | HIGH SCHOOLS
KRAKEN | STORM | SOUNDERS | COUGARS | REIGN
Paul Barrett, sports editor
206.464.2093. [email protected]. Twitter: @paulbarrett6.
Sean Quinton, assistant sports editor
206.652.6188. [email protected]. Twitter: @Quinton_Sean.
Nathan Joyce, assistant sports editor
206.464.2176. [email protected]. Twitter: @NathanAJoyce.
Kyle Nabors, assistant sports editor
206.464.8541. [email protected]. Twitter: @KyleNabors.
Chris Cole, sports producer
206.464.2229. [email protected]. Twitter: @ccole20.
Percy Allen, basketball reporter
206.464.2278. [email protected]. Twitter: @percyallen.
Geoff Baker, hockey reporter
206.464.8286. [email protected]. Twitter: @GeoffBakerTIMES.
Rich Boudet, sports page designer and graphic artist
206.464.2365. [email protected].
Matt Calkins, sports columnist
206.464.3185. [email protected]. Twitter: @Matt_Calkins.
Michael Chin, sports news assistant
206.464.2276. [email protected].
Bob Condotta, pro football reporter
206.515.5699. [email protected]. Twitter: @bcondotta.
Chad Davis, sports desk editor
206.464.8135. [email protected].
Ryan Divish, baseball reporter
206.464.2373. [email protected]. Twitter: @RyanDivish.
Steve Dominguez, sports desk editor
206.464.2124. [email protected].
Jayda Evans, soccer and high-school sports reporter
206.464.2067. [email protected]. Twitter: @JaydaEvans.
Tony Guadagnoli, sports desk editor
206.464.8341. [email protected].
Scott Hanson, sports reporter/desk editor
206.464.2943. [email protected]. Twitter: @shansonSeaTimes.
Adam Jude, enterprise and baseball reporter
206.464.2364. [email protected]. Twitter: @A_Jude.
Herron Miller, sports desk editor
206.652.6190. [email protected].
Warner Strausbaugh, sports page designer
206.464.8249. [email protected].
Mike Vorel, sports columnist
206.464.3292. [email protected]. Twitter: @MikeVorel.
Andy Yamashita, UW football reporter
206.464.3290. [email protected]. Twitter: @ANYamashita.
Victor Yoshida, sports desk editor
206.464.8133. [email protected]. Twitter: @yoshida_victor.