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Kate Riley

Seattle

Editorial Page Editor at Seattle Times

Kate is editorial page editor at The Seattle Times.

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  • The rewards of jury duty? Hint: In WA, it's not the pay

    1 week ago | seattletimes.com | Kate Riley

    I had mixed feelings when I was summoned to jury duty late last month. It put me in mind of the 1957 film “12 Angry Men.”True to its name, the New York City-based movie was a series of angry confrontations, bitter arguments and ugly menacing during jury deliberations — in other words, not much different from what civic discourse has become. Outside of work, I look for less drama, like rowing my boat on a lake. The jurors — all white men — didn’t start out angry.

  • Hell, yes! The Seattle Times edit board endorses Harris for president | Frank Blethen and Kate Riley

    Oct 29, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Frank A. Blethen |Kate Riley

    As one of the country’s very few family-owned and -operated metro newspapers left, The Seattle Times is also apparently one of the few whose editorial board is willing to endorse presidential candidates. (For the record, the board, which operates independently of the newsroom, backed Vice President Kamala Harris Sept. 1.)This is unfathomable, given that the other leading candidate clearly threatens the foundation of our 248-year-old American democracy and the rule of law.

  • Remembering Mark Higgins, a journalist who left his mark | Kate Riley

    Oct 25, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Kate Riley

    Such news comes, as it does, unexpected and unfathomable. Our friend and a committed servant to Times readers for 24 years, Mark Higgins, was entering hospice. Then, just a couple of weeks later, on Oct. 20, he passed away from cancer. Mark retired April 1, 2023, as deputy Opinion editor, a member of The Times editorial board and the wrangler of op-eds.

  • Get ready to vote | Kate Riley

    Oct 11, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Kate Riley

    Voters should be receiving their ballots for the Nov. 5 election later this week. It is a daunting document. Not only is this a presidential year, but Washington’s nine statewide constitutional offices, ranging from the open governor’s seat to lands commissioner to superintendent of public instruction, are on the ballot. Add in the four initiatives that seek to overturn or modify laws passed by the Legislature.

  • Thank you, Gov. Evans, for opening WA public schools to people with disabilities | Kate Riley

    Sep 27, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Kate Riley

    When my toddler son was diagnosed with developmental delays, I was wracked with worry about what his life would be like. Boo Radley came to mind. The gentle, misunderstood character in “To Kill a Mockingbird,” who seemed to have intellectual disabilities. He was isolated and thought of by community members as a threat. I’m embarrassed that was what I first thought when I imagined my baby’s future.

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Kate Riley
Kate Riley @k8riley
30 Oct 24

RT @davidfolkenflik: Family-owned Seattle Times says "Hell, Yes!" in endorsing Harris, throwing shade at owners of WashPost (and LAT and US…

Kate Riley
Kate Riley @k8riley
29 Oct 24

While WaPo and LA Times owners cancel presidential endorsements, @SeaTimesOpinion backed Harris Sept. 1. Here’s a column publisher @fblethen and I wrote about the dust up. https://t.co/oW2RHOaIBf

Kate Riley
Kate Riley @k8riley
30 Jan 24

RT @paulbarrett6: Seahawks fans take out a full-page ad in today’s Seattle Times to thank Pete Carroll for his 14 years as Seahawks coach.…