Chuck Taylor

Chuck Taylor

Seattle journalist

Greater Seattle Area

Past
  • 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
  • Whitman College
Connections
392 connections
Industry
Online Media
Websites

Chuck Taylor’s Summary

Chuck Taylor, 52, 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

  • Editor

    Crosscut.com

    (Internet industry)

    February 2007November 2008 (1 year 10 months)

    Employee No. 1, in charge of launch logistics, technology, and content.

  • Managing editor

    Seattle Weekly

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)

    August 2002August 2006 (4 years 1 month)

    No. 2 editorial position, in charge of news, personnel, Web content.

  • Producer

    MSNBC.com

    (Internet industry)

    February 2002February 2002 (1 month)

  • Reporter, editor, designer

    Seattle Times

    (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)

    March 1985March 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.

  • Managing editor

    Seattle Union Record

    (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)

    November 2000January 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.

  • Reporter and editor

    Tri-City Herald

    (Public Company; 51-200 employees; MNI; Newspapers industry)

    January 1980February 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.

  • Disc jockey

    KRPL-AM

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

    January 1978June 1978 (6 months)

    Afternoon DJ at this Top 40 station in Moscow, Idaho.

  • Reporter

    Albion Evening Recorder

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

    September 1974August 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

  • Whitman College

    B.A. , English , 19751979

    Activities and Societies:
    KWCW-FM, Pioneer newspaper

Additional Information

Chuck Taylor’s Websites:

Chuck Taylor’s Groups:

  •    Linked:Seattle
  •    Crosscut Contributors
  •    Whitman College
  •    The Seattle Times Alumni
  •    Seattle Media People

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

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