Journalist
Greater Seattle Area
- Past
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- Editor at Crosscut.com
- Managing editor at Seattle Weekly
- Producer at MSNBC.com
- Reporter, editor, designer at Seattle Times
- Managing editor at Seattle Union Record
- Reporter and editor at Tri-City Herald
- Disc jockey at KRPL-AM
- Reporter at Albion Evening Recorder
- Education
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- Whitman College
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Chuck Taylor’s Summary
Chuck Taylor, 51, until recently was founding editor of Crosscut (http://crosscut.com), an online newspaper serving the Pacific Northwest from Seattle.
He was reared in Michigan and Ohio. His first job after Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash., was at the Tri-City Herald in nearby Richland, Kennewick, and Pasco, where he worked as a reporter and editor from 1980-85.
Taylor joined The Seattle Times in 1985 as the paper's first newsroom graphic designer. He spent 16 years at The Times, working as a designer, editor, or reporter in four news departments. As a reporter, he covered media, with emphasis on television, and Boeing and aviation safety.
During the seven-week newspaper strike of 2000-01, Taylor founded and edited the Seattle Union Record, a newspaper and Web site published by striking staffers of The Seattle Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
From 2002-06, he was managing editor of Seattle Weekly, the city's leading alternative paper, overseeing news coverage and the paper's evolving Web site.
He joined Crosscut in late-2006.
Taylor has a pilot's license, long ago worked as a small-market Top 40 disc jockey, and has spent meaningful time in all 50 states.
His personal blog is the Seattle Post-Times at http://seattleposttimes.typepad.com.
Chuck Taylor’s Specialties:
Reporting, research, writing, editing, design, Web development.
Chuck Taylor’s Experience
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Editor
Crosscut.com
(Internet industry)
February 2007 — November 2008 (1 year 10 months)
Employee No. 1, in charge of launch logistics, technology, and content.
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Managing editor
Seattle Weekly
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
August 2002 — August 2006 (4 years 1 month)
No. 2 editorial position, in charge of news, personnel, Web content.
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Producer
MSNBC.com
(Internet industry)
February 2002 — February 2002 (1 month)
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Reporter, editor, designer
Seattle Times
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)
March 1985 — March 2001 (16 years 1 month)
Held a number of positions in news, business, and features. Reporting beats: aerospace, media, general assignment. Editing: general news desk, metro desk. Design: daily front page and info graphics.
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Managing editor
Seattle Union Record
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)
November 2000 — January 2001 (3 months)
Organized and ran a paper and Web site that was produced by striking employees of The Seattle Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
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Reporter and editor
Tri-City Herald
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; MNI; Newspapers industry)
January 1980 — February 1985 (5 years 2 months)
Covered Richland and Pasco city governments, then worked on the copy desk. Assisted in the 1982 redesign of the paper.
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Disc jockey
KRPL-AM
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
January 1978 — June 1978 (6 months)
Afternoon DJ at this Top 40 station in Moscow, Idaho.
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Reporter
Albion Evening Recorder
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
September 1974 — August 1976 (2 years)
Sportswriter and editor during senior year in high school in Albion, Mich., working every morning before school. Two subsequent summers (1975 and 1976) as a vacation-fill reporter.
Chuck Taylor’s Education
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Whitman College
B.A. , English , 1975 — 1979
- Activities and Societies:
- KWCW-FM, Pioneer newspaper
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The Seattle Times Alumni
Chuck Taylor’s Honors:
Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Society of Newspaper Design, Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards, Associated Press.
Chuck Taylor’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
