Highlights of my work in print.
Awards
2022: WNPA Better Newspaper Contest (10 total won, each in Group 2)
- First place awards
- Government story: Buckley city councilor, retired SPD officer responds to report over his social media posts
- Crime and courts: Investigators find fatal 2020 police shooting of Carbonado man justified
- Arts feature or story: Ravensdale author pens update on Judith Mawson, ex-wife of the Green River Killer
- Personality profile, long: For Buckley’s Miss Washington Teen candidate, it’s “Life 2.0”
- Personality profile, short: Built to quilt
- Second place awards
- Environmental story: For Mount Rainier’s resident wolverine, it’s paradise on Paradise
- General feature, long: Stories, healing, and reflection at The Moving Wall
- Personality profile, long: At 105, Elma is full of laughs
- Third place awards
- Crime and courts: Terry stops, less-lethal firearms, and vehicle pursuits: Breaking down Washington police reform
- Election story: King County Council candidate responds to criticism over 2010 arrest for school bus threats
2021: WNPA Better Newspaper Contest, Group 4, Long News Story. First place awarded for: “Buckley teen’s death inspires helmet law”
2019: SPJ Northwest’s Excellence in Journalism Award for Feature Writing in Soft News at a Small Newsroom. First place awarded for: “‘One valley too far:’ How 110 soldiers survived the Mount St. Helens eruption.”
Sound Publishing, Washington
A full list of my work at the Enumclaw Courier-Herald is available here.
2022
- July 21: Lessons from Hilde
- July 1: Living Court ladies live it up with raunchy revue
- May 27: For Enumclaw jail inmates, help from someone who gets it
- May 12: At drainage district corruption trial, it’s a tale of dueling conspiracies
- April 25: Biden’s visit to Auburn prompts crowds, protests, and a little bit of everything
- April 20: Howard Hanson Dam receives $220 million for fish passage
- March 2: Built to quilt
- January 31: For Buckley’s Miss Washington Teen candidate, it’s “Life 2.0”
- January 14: Investigators find fatal 2020 police shooting of Carbonado man justified
2021
- December 16: Sawing around the Christmas tree
- October 25: A bong, a ladder, and other oddities dredged in Lake Sawyer ‘Dive Against Debris’
- October 14: Elk heads and ice caves: What’s changing on Mount Rainier?
- October 7: For Mount Rainier’s resident wolverine, it’s paradise on Paradise
- October 4: Prominent campaign sign becomes controversy in Buckley mayoral race
- September 28: ‘He just got things working:’ Buckley firefighter, historian and renaissance man dies at 81
- September 17: Plateau students head back to class
- August 20: Big crowds take to Buckley against Governor’s latest vaccine mandates
- August 9: Stories, healing, and reflection at The Moving Wall
- July 8: King County Council candidate responds to criticism over 2010 arrest for school bus threats
- June 28: Daisey’s memory set to rest
- June 28: Enumclaw July 4 parade will feature a first this year: A pride section
- June 18: At 105, Elma is full of laughs
- May 21: Buckley game shop is a critical hit
- May 14: Ravensdale author pens update on Judith Mawson, ex-wife of the Green River Killer
- April 28: Wilkeson unveils giant breakfast-themed skatepark
The Daily News, Longview Washington
A full list is available here.
2020
- Ongoing coverage of immigrant juveniles held in the local youth detention center under an Immigration and Customs Enforcement contract.
- August 17: Warning is ready to be called “Steve” instead of “Judge”
- June 22: ‘We have to acknowledge there’s an issue’: Local cops share ideas for a way forward
- May 10: Longview COVID patient released from prison worries for other inmates
- March 14: Kelly Zainfeld: “Awareness isn’t enough”
- March 2: Local Boy Scout leaders hope for healing after national controversy
- February 25: Officials return ‘exhausted’ wayward sea lion to Columbia River
- February 20: “We just want a place to live,’ Woodland RV park tenants tell judge
2019
- September 26: Marchers demand charges in dog deaths case; owners of slain cat speak out
- September 5: ‘One valley too far:’ How 110 soldiers survived the Mount St. Helens eruption
- August 8: ‘GeoGirls’ study science, form friendships at Mount St. Helens camp
- June 16: Fatherhood helps lift Longview dad out of addiction
- May 27: Castle Rock man saved by his cat in house fire
- May 23: Spring brings life and adventure to Nisqually Wildlife Refuge
- April 16: Man suspected of killing deputy ID’d; he’s half-brother of convicted cop killer
- April 6: America still wonderful to Longview’s Daphne Poole, who turns 100 Saturday
- February 22: Lawyers debate “whydunit,” not “whodunit” in closing arguments over hatchet killing
2018
- December 17: Sex offender records request raises safety, First Amendment questions
- Sept. 30: Longview cop helps former Longview man escape addiction
- Sept. 10: Local news comes naturally to Kelso girl
- Sept. 10: Celtic camaraderie and culture at Kelso’s Highlander Festival
- August 15: After 33 years, Longview murder suspect institutionalized, not imprisoned
- June 8: Cinamin is a student for all seasons
- May 16: Puget Island business broadcasts oyster pearls to the world
- April 5: Family sought help for Cathlamet man before police standoff in March
- April 2: 400 rally for gun rights at Longview Civic Circle
- March 26: ‘Nanocon’ unites artists and fans for weekend of creativity
- Feb. 5: Retired Kelso cop reflects on 39 years of policing
- Jan. 13: After emotional day of testimony, Haag re-sentencing delayed to next week
- Jan. 10: Longview woman will receive ring lost for 22 years
The Daily, The University of Washington
2015 / 2016 / 2017
- Finding faith again
- The life of an athlete
- College Republicans argue for free speech, openness at the UW
- After delaying upzoning on the Ave, businesses rally to fund impact study
- Violence erupts outside Kane Hall during Yiannopoulos talk
- A home for all of us
- Fighting for justice in El Salvador
- Combating sexual assault in schools
- Seattle’s new Holocaust Center for Humanity opens in Belltown
- Informatics professor launches UW based “gamification” startup
Freelance
2017
- Seattle Police are trying new approaches to track hate crimes (The Seattle Globalist)
- Federal Way special ed. PTA seeks to inform, support parents (Federal Way Mirror)
- Rats! How to humanely keep them away (Shoreline Area News)
Alex Bruell 