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Linda Shaw

Linda Shaw is the Western Regional Manager for the Solutions Journalism Network. She previously was a reporter and editor at The Seattle Times, where she directed Education Lab, a Solutions Journalism partnership exploring promising approaches to education's toughest problems. She was named 2008 beat reporter of the year by the Education Writers Association. In 2016, she helped create an award-winning multimedia project on race called “Under Our Skin.”

The LA Times resurrects Column One

The LA Times resurrects Column One

Fifty-one years ago, The Los Angeles Times published the first of what came to be known as “Column One” stories, inspired by a few editors who wanted more than breaking…
July 9, 2019
Shining light on a "shadow" special-ed program in the Georgia public schools

Shining light on a “shadow” special-ed program in the Georgia public schools

Editor’s note: All photos are courtesy of LaToya Ruby Frazier and Gavin Brown’s enterprise for the New Yorker. The images cannot be reused without consent or permission. New Yorker writer Rachel…
January 22, 2019
Christopher Solomon on how he captured the controversial wolf man of Washington

Christopher Solomon on how he captured the controversial wolf man of Washington

Before Christopher Solomon took on the case of the wolf researcher who ignited a political firestorm, the situation had sparked plenty of regional coverage. In particular, The Seattle Times, where…
September 11, 2018