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The Seattle Times launches Investigative Journalism Fund to support local journalism that holds power accountable and drives change
The Seattle Times will launch The Seattle Times Investigative Journalism Fund, an initiative with Seattle Foundation, on April 11, 2019, to support investigative journalism that holds power accountable and drives change. The fund seeks community funders and personal champions of the free press to ensure the future of local investigative journalism and protect and expand the ambitious, rigorously reported work that is critical to a healthy democracy.more
Sharon Pian Chan named one of Digiday magazine’s Changemakers
The Seattle Times is pleased to announce that our Vice President of Innovation, Product and Development, Sharon Pian Chan, has been recognized by Digiday magazine as one of 50 Changemakers in media and marketing.more
Kristi Waite named Director of Development for Public Service Journalism
The Seattle Times has announced the promotion of Kristi Waite to Director of Development for Public Service Journalism.more
The Seattle Times received a top Commute Trip Reduction (CTR) Champion Award from the Seattle Department of Transportation and Commute Seattle
The Seattle Times was recognized as a Platinum Company for achieving the lowest drive-alone rate of any large company in the South Lake Union neighborhood.more
Rubin Institute for Music Criticism to fund classical music journalism position at The Seattle Times
The Seattle Times has announced a partnership with the San Francisco Conservatory of Music to fund some coverage of classical music.more
Seattle Times Publisher Frank Blethen receives Vision from the Mountaintop Award (VFTMA)
At the sixth annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Prayer Breakfast, Seattle Times Publisher Frank Blethen received a Vision from the Mountaintop Award presented to a business leader.more
Alan Fisco named president of The Seattle Times
The Seattle Times today announced the promotion of Alan Fisco to President of The Seattle Times effective January, 2018. Fisco had previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for The Times since February, 2016.more
The Seattle Times launches Project Homeless, an initiative to deepen public discourse and explore possible solutions to region’s homelessness crisis
The Seattle Times will launch Project Homeless, a new two-year initiative to deepen public discourse and explore possible solutions to the region’s homeless crisis, in mid-October.more
Ray Rivera named deputy managing editor for investigations and enterprise
The Seattle Times today announced the addition of Ray Rivera to The Seattle Times’ newsroom leadership team. As deputy managing editor for investigations and enterprise, Rivera will lead high-impact cross-platform reporting projects that will build on the Times’ longstanding journalistic tradition. He will directly oversee the investigative team and will work with the entire newsroom to generate quality enterprise and watchdog journalism.more
The Seattle Times celebrates 121 years of local journalism
For 121 years, The Seattle Times has serves as the voice of independent journalism in the Pacific Northwest. We're energized by the changes propelling us forward, as we explore new platforms to tell your stories and connect with our community.more
On August 10, 1896, Colonel Alden J. Blethen publishes the first edition of The Seattle Daily Times.
C.B. Blethen is promoted from news editor to managing editor. He will later serve as publisher of The Seattle Times for 26 years, from 1915 to 1941.
The Seattle Times moves from its Second Avenue and Union plant to the Times Square Building on Olive Way, realizing Alden Blethen’s dream of a modern “model newspaper office.”
Construction begins on the 1120 John Street Building, which would remain The Seattle Times headquarters until 2012.
The Seattle Times wins its first Pulitzer Prize, journalism’s highest honor, for a National Reporting series on the clearing of Communist charges against UW Professor Melvin Rader, who was accused of attending a secret Communist school.
The Seattle Times launches the Fund For The Needy, raising money for local agencies that serve critical needs in our community. To date, the Fund For The Needy has raised more than $16.3 million, 100 percent of which goes directly to local agencies to help those in need.
A fourth-generation member of the Blethen family, Frank A. Blethen, becomes Publisher and Chief Executive Officer of The Seattle Times. Blethen joined the family business full-time in 1968.
The Seattle Times makes Working Mother magazine’s “Top 100 Companies for Women” list for the first of nine consecutive years, for offering subsidized childcare, flexible schedules and an onsite lactation room.
Construction is completed on The Seattle Times’ North Creek production plant, a $200 million state-of-the-art printing facility.
The Seattle Times launches its first website with news and classifieds, beginning the transformation of newspaper to news media company.
The Seattle Times wins two Pulitzer Prizes in a single year, becoming one of only two regional newspapers to ever achieve this distinction.
Good morning, Seattle! After 104 years as an afternoon newspaper, The Seattle Times becomes a morning newspaper on March 6, 2000.
The Seattle Times debuts optimized smartphone and tablet apps to deliver Seattle Times content on the go. The Seattle Times also wins its 9th Pulitzer Prize that same year, for Investigative Journalism.
Established as a news media company and the Northwest’s comprehensive news source, The Seattle Times continues to provide clarity above the clutter, delivering Northwest news that matters where, when and how readers want it.