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WHAT WE DO

The Seattle Times is always innovating, creating new ways to share the uniquely local stories that impact our community. We serve the Pacific Northwest with engaging, accessible digital and print news experiences that inform and inspire, from quick and easily digestible breaking news updates to artfully curated newsletters. Our content, our platforms and our community programs reflect The Seattle Times’ longstanding commitment to public service.

MISSION-DRIVEN JOURNALISM

The Seattle Times serves the Northwest with principled, quality, independent public-service journalism dedicated to the highest standards. We tell the uniquely local stories you won’t find anywhere else – stories that have been recognized nationally for their exceptional depth and impact.

The Winner of 11 Pulitzer Prizes

The Seattle Times is the winner of 11 Pulitzer Prizes, journalism’s highest honor, and has been a finalist on 14 other occasions since 1982. Explore our award-winning work.

A grounded Boeing 737 MAX airplane.
2020 NATIONAL REPORTING Boeing's 737 MAX crisis
Rescue workers dig through a pile of debris.
2014 BREAKING NEWS REPORTING Oso landslide coverage
Sara Taylor, cries for her daughter.
2012 INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING Methadone and the policy of pain
Pierce County firefighters salute while an American flag waves over the street.
2010 BREAKING NEWS REPORTING Four slain police officers
A Boeing 737 on the runway.
1997 INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING Safety at issue: the 737
A 5,300-square-foot house on the Tulalip Indian Reservation.
1997 BEAT REPORTING Tribal housing: from deregulation to disgrace
The deck of the fully loaded Arco Anchorage during a storm.
1990 NATIONAL REPORTING Tankers full of trouble
Tex Boullioun, president of the Boeing with Eastern Airlines President Frank Borman in 1978.
1984 FEATURE WRITING Making it fly
Steve Titus embraces his fiance, Mona Imholt, outside the courtroom.
1982 LOCAL INVESTIGATIVE SPECIALIZED REPORTING One man's battle to clear his name
The Pulitzer photograph of four exhausted firemen.
1975 SPOT NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY Lull in the battle
Ed Guthman at his typewriter.
1950 NATIONAL REPORTING Communists charges

EXPERIENCE THE SEATTLE TIMES

More than 1.9 million adults in the Puget Sound turn to The Seattle Times each week for vetted news and information that is timely, relevant and easy to access in multi-platform experiences. From a robust, tactile Sunday morning tradition to fast-loading real-time updates and artfully curated multimedia immersion, learn about the many ways readers access our dynamic range of storytelling.

COMMUNITY IMPACT

The Seattle Times is anchored in public service that improves our community. Our innovative public-service journalism initiatives spotlight possible solutions to pervasive problems in our region. Our long-term commitment to education and to raising funds for those in need is reflected in our community programs. The Seattle Times has a direct impact on our local community.

Impact journalism

The Seattle Times is a pioneer among news media organizations, developing community funding for journalism initiatives that tackle urgent community issues head-on and create change. Our in-depth, solutions-based reporting changes public policy and funding at the highest levels of state government.

Learn more about our community-funded initiatives.

Investigative Journalism Fund
Mental Health Project
Investigative Journalism Fund
Project Homeless
Education Lab
Local News Initiative
Traffic Lab

Community programs

The Fund for Those in Need
Newspapers in Education