Ellen Dennis is a public safety reporter with The Daily Herald, covering breaking news, criminal justice and social issues.… Continue reading
Janice Podsada is a business reporter at The Daily Herald, covering Snohomish County's business community and aerospace. She also writes the monthly Herald Business Journal.… Continue reading
The newspaper’s first Sunday edition was published April 5, 1981, and this columnist was on the job.
Early on in life, I realized I wasn't particularly interested in talking about myself. I don't really think I have anything special to share. I've… Continue reading
The black and white photograph from 1965 shows a 4-year-old me standing in our front yard, hand on hip, smiling and holding up a rolled-up… Continue reading
I've been a media junkie since childhood and got my first daily newspaper job, covering high school sports, when I was 17. I was terrible!… Continue reading
I’ve been reading The Herald for about as long as I can remember. Well, the sports section that is. My grandfather was an avid newspaper… Continue reading
As an Everett kid in the 1990s, I wanted to be the next Alex Rodriguez. Or at least Joey Cora. But I couldn't hit a… Continue reading
Ben evokes a variety of opinions from those in The Herald newsroom. See what they are saying. Support Ben and the newsroom with a subscription… Continue reading
In college, I learned three things about myself. One, I wanted to write for a living. Two, without a firm deadline, I never finish anything.… Continue reading
In February 2004, the Everett Silvertips and I were in the midst of our inaugural seasons. I was hired by the Daily Herald the previous… Continue reading
I can’t remember what all I brought with me my freshman year at Washington State University. I do know I had a spanking new Merriam-Webster… Continue reading
Wind howled and rain drizzled as a group of volunteers clustered beneath a concrete overpass near an Everett homeless shelter. Equipped with laptops and mobile… Continue reading
I wasn’t the one with the paper route; that was my younger brother who delivered the Everett Herald — six days a week, then —… Continue reading
I got hooked on journalism while at a state mental hospital in the early 1980s. From the outside, it was gothic and foreboding. Inside were… Continue reading
Meet Ian Davis-Leonard, our newest staff member. Ian grew up in Everett, attended Everett High School and graduated this spring from Gonzaga University where he… Continue reading
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