Spring 2022
Here, she is…
Foster child finally realizes dream, named USA Ambassador Ms. 2021 » More ...
Journalism
Spring 2022
Cameron Limes
A graduate of the Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University connects with broadcaster Lester Holt...and secures a position at NBC. » More ...
Winter 2021
The Daily Evergreen
125 years of being an indispensable Washington State University news source and training ground for student journalists » More ...
Summer 2017
Robowriters
Subject. Verb. Object.
These are the basic building blocks of written communication. It’s what you need to make a complete sentence like the one you’re reading now.
Structured. Logical. Direct.
This also is why parts of my chosen career are ripe for takeover by robots.
For millions of Americans, the defining realization of how fast artificial intelligence is evolving came in 2011 when Watson — IBM’s now-celebrated language processing computer — won the popular TV quiz show Jeopardy by beating two of the game’s top champions.
I watched with fascination as well. But, for me, the point was driven home even harder a few years … » More …
Spring 2017
Anna King ’00
Growing up in the foothills of Mount Rainier, Anna King ’00 figured she’d end up either a veterinarian or a writer. Her family ran a small cattle farm in Roy, and she loved animals.
King participated in 4-H projects, raising animals but also giving presentations that taught her to communicate with an audience. When a TV reporter from the Seattle area paid a visit to her high school class, she remembers thinking, “This person is so smart, so edgy, so inspiring.”
The Honors College alumna worked for several newspapers in the Puget Sound area, including the Puyallup Herald. She figured … » More …
Winter 2012
Chris Dunagan ’74, ’75—Bearing witness to the sights and smells of our soggy backyard
If you cover the waterfront the way Chris Dunagan does, you have to expect a fair amount of smells. There’s the fresh, tangy scent of estuary and the mild musk of beach wrack. There’s the stench of rotting shellfish during the great Oyster Rescue of 2010, and the outsized rot of a beached gray whale. Dunagan, 60, has documented a lot of beached whales, although the numbers are hard to nail down.
Counting just grays, not killer whales or humpbacks or dead whale reports over the phone, he says, “I’ve probably gone out to 20.”
Dunagan (biochemistry ’74, ’75 communications) has been the environmental reporter … » More …
Winter 2010
Understanding the “Civility Crisis”
There is a reason why rude and loutish political talk shows dominate the airwaves—they attract huge audience ratings and advertising dollars. But is rude behavior good for democracy? » More ...
Winter 2009
Map: Changes in Washington state newspapers
Not that many years ago Washington’s legislature was covered by more than 30 journalists from around the state. Now that number is eight. The Seattle Times no longer has a bureau on the east side of Lake Washington, and a print Post-Intelligencer no longer exists. Who will give us information and investigation when the papers have all gone?
Read “Paper Cuts” by Hannelore Sudermann in the Winter 2009 issue of Washington State Magazine.
Download a map file (KML) that can be opened in Google Earth or similar. Click a newspaper or online news source on the map below … » More …
Winter 2009
Life after newspapers
It's a whole new cyberworld out there, and I'm the dinosaur dude who's trying to figure out where to go from here. » More ...
Winter 2009
Paper cuts
Not that many years ago Washington's legislature was covered by more than 30 journalists from around the state. Now that number is eight. The Seattle Times no longer has a bureau on the east side of Lake Washington, and a print Post-Intelligencer no longer exists. Who will give us information and investigation when the papers have all gone? » More ...