How we clicked quality journalism off our TV screens
It took a long time, and a lot of help from dumb-it-down consultants, but a 1950s invention played a big role in removing the most serious journalism from local television.
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Seattle
Thursday Jolt: Amazon gets praise. Arena, not so much.
The day's winners and losers.
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Uncertainty hangs over foot ferries' future on Seattle waterfront
Washington State Ferries has shifted gears on a plan to remove passenger-only service from a revamped Colman Dock. But what shape the service will take is still in question.
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Is Washington becoming 'happy with crappy?'
From 520's pontoon problems to the Boeing 787 debacle, standards seem to be slipping in an age when the Chinese economy is dominating. But a call should be made to return to high quality, long lasting products.
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Simple rules for staying sane in Seattle
Ignore the neighbors. What's wrong with being distant? Don't dwell on the geophysics of catastrophe: What's the point in scaring yourself away?
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Rainier Valley programs build food justice one garden at a time
Green Acre Radio: The Just Garden Project is part of a network of efforts to improve food choices for people often forced to accept less-healthy ways of feeding themselves and their families.
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Do the density, but spare the hi-rises
For many cities, hi-rises would be a terrible travesty for their beauty and liveability. Besides midrises, as in Seattle, can provide all the density one needs.
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Why Seattle needs a new urban environmentalism
Sure, Seattleites score high when it comes to environmental awareness, but it's about time we took a good look at how we treat our city.
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A wall comes down in Madison Park
After a long saga, has Madison Park's discomfort with interlopers lessened?
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Bauhaus solutions: Preservation isn't free
People are legitimately concerned when a developer changes a key part of their neighborhood's commercial district. But the Green Bay Packers model might help communities control their own destiny while respecting ownership rights.
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Bellingham park faces big changes from coal-train traffic
Expanding rail capacity would mean shrinking a popular park.
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Midday Scan: Coping in Afghanistan, death in Pioneer Square
"The News Tribune" is providing insightful coverage of the difficulties and rewards for troops serving in Afghanistan. A story brings powerful detail to the death of a young woman shot in Pioneer Square.
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Why talking jobs is better than campaigning on values
In Seattle and nationally, our political discourse is frustrating and circular, wrapping us in irrelevant talking points. How about discussing the ways we make a better future?
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Superintendent speed dating
Washington journalists were allowed to interview the finalists in the state's superintendent search in a three-day, speed-dating-like frenzy. Who is Mr. or Mrs. Right?
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The Space Needle 'has a thousand fathers'
The author of a new book on the Space Needle gives a talk to those who built Seattle's icon, and how he fell in love with the Needle as a Cub Scout watching the future rise on the horizon.
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The latest from news outlets and blogs around the Northwest and beyond, chosen by Crosscut editors.
How the World's Fair shaped (and shapes) Seattle
Knute Berger writes for the Atlantic Cities on how "Century 21 left a permanent legacy of infrastructure and attitude that continues to shape Seattle to this day."
THE ATLANTIC CITIES
AZ man traverses the Space Needle to win space trip
A father of two from Arizona won the Space Needle's coveted trip to space yesterday after walking around the perimeter of the Needle while answering trivia questions.
GEEKWIRE
Local philanthropist Jack Benaroya dies
Benaroya, a philanthropist best known for his namesake Benaroya Hall, has died at the age of 90.
SEATTLE TIMES
Seattle girds for May Day violence, traffic tie-ups
Main action will be downtown and along Second Ave. in the afternoon.
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Danny Westneat: Some don't want to hear Justice Department's message
The federal report is clear: Although not as bad as some cities, Seattle has a problem with police behavior. "Unfortunately, that didn't stop Seattle police and political brass from trying to rationalize it anyway."
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Bellingham »
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- The fight to create Washington's biggest park
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Eastern Washington »
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Olympia »
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- Bad: No more Norm Dicks. Good: No Dennis Kucinich here.
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Tri-Cities »
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Yakima »
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- Save money by redrawing Washington's map
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