https://www.taylorblatchford.com/home daily 1.0 2024-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612568328fa0f838ab93c228/1629844003726-2DT3KR02DN5I22EZ252W/Headshot+square.JPG https://www.taylorblatchford.com/newsroom-work daily 0.75 2024-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612568328fa0f838ab93c228/5d46bfe1-2b30-4818-a372-e0ff12ef3d42/wage-theft-W.png Work in the newsroom - Wage theft victims are owed $5.4 million that WA hasn’t collected As the lead reporter on this investigation, I analyzed years of data to find a gap in the state labor agency’s collection of money owed to low-wage workers. I also reported and wrote a resource guide to help hourly workers understand their rights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612568328fa0f838ab93c228/e654f36b-e035-4bfa-9462-fabc48045c18/07112024_2_124741.png Work in the newsroom - 5 ‘little scrappy’ King County cities try a new approach to mental health crises I profiled a collaboration between five local cities outside Seattle that have joined forces and budgets to send mental health professionals to 911 calls alongside police officers and firefighters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612568328fa0f838ab93c228/8562606a-bff2-440c-bdbd-805069f17a49/PieDay_23101.JPG Work in the newsroom - A pie for every baker: No matter your experience level, there's a pie you can make to share with loved ones I wrote a personal essay, developed recipes and then baked a bunch of pies! This project was a true collaboration between the features, photo, video and design departments at The Seattle Times. It earned first place in Integrated Storytelling from the Society for Features Journalism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612568328fa0f838ab93c228/28c4f248-5863-4805-aa2c-a71e724e1b6d/Capture.JPG Work in the newsroom - In survivors’ words: How colleges should better respond to sexual misconduct A callout I developed with an investigative reporter about Title IX and campus sexual misconduct led to dozens of responses from current and former students, sharing the ways their universities had fallen short. We turned some of those responses into a multimedia project where students could share the changes they wanted to see in their own handwriting. I also reported a resource guide to help survivors understand their options for seeking help. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612568328fa0f838ab93c228/7ed792ef-8266-4cfd-9dea-023d82f5c12c/07052023_TZR_Northern_State_Hospital_Death_Register.png Work in the newsroom - Lost Patients of Northern State Hospital As the engagement reporter on this investigative project about a historic psychiatric hospital, I worked with the Washington State Archives to digitize and publish 53 years of previously sealed registers containing information about patients who died at Northern State Hospital. Reporters and I built relationships with community groups, researchers and archivists before the story published. Seventy people with a connection to the hospital reached out to us about the records through a callout, and dozens shared they had discovered new information about their ancestors in the death registers. This project earned the Online Journalism Awards’ national feature award. https://www.taylorblatchford.com/student-work daily 0.75 2024-08-21