Editor, Crosscut.com
Greater Seattle Area
- Current
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- Editor at Crosscut.com
- Past
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- Managing editor at Seattle Weekly
- 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
Reporter, writer, editor at three newspapers. Now editor of Crosscut, a local-news Web site for the Northwest based in Seattle.
Chuck Taylor’s Specialties:
Reporting, research, writing, editing, design, Web development.
Chuck Taylor’s Experience
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Editor
Crosscut.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
February 2007 — Present (1 year 4 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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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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Crosscut Contributors member
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
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