Why The Seattle Times is dropping ‘Dilbert’ | Michele Matassa Flores
Instead of inviting others to share the nation’s promises, "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams angrily defends the status quo that privileges his own in-group, writes Executive...
Michele Matassa Flores
For decades, this paper failed to take Native American issues seriously
At the start of the 1970 Fort Lawton occupation by Native Americans, The Seattle Times underplayed the news and almost entirely missed the context and...
Why we must confront the racism and neglect of our own news pages
We are deeply sorry for our harmful coverage of the incarceration of Japanese Americans and for the pain we caused in the past that still...
With The Mental Health Project, we’re shining a brighter light on a growing crisis
On Sept. 19, The Seattle Times will launch The Mental Health Project, an initiative to report on the many facets of mental and behavioral health....
The Seattle Times v. Seattle: Why we’re suing City Hall | From the editor | Michele Matassa Flores
Seattle Times executive editor Michele Matassa Flores makes a case for the public's right to know how decisions get made in Seattle's halls of government.
From the editor: How one newsroom made a difference in the hardest year of our lives
As I’ve reflected on the year of pandemic, I'm reminded of the way our journalism captured history but also informed, enlightened and protected our community....
Pandemic, protests and presidential politics: A historic news year seen through the eyes of Seattle Times journalists | From the editor
Seattle Times Executive Editor Michele Matassa Flores reflects on a news year like no other, when the power of journalism to protect, inform, soothe and...
From the editor: Why we’ve fought the Seattle Police Department’s subpoena for unpublished protest photos and video
The Seattle Times and four local TV stations are pushing back against the SPD subpoena. The reasons have nothing to do with the police and...
From the editor: Why it takes local journalism to uncover national scandals like the Boeing 737 MAX disaster
The story of how Dominic Gates and a team of other Seattle Times reporters led the world with their coverage of the 737 MAX crashes,...
From the editor: As we face the coronavirus challenge together, thank you for your support
While the region mobilizes to respond to the spread of COVID-19, I want to take a moment to thank you for your support. So many...