I’m honored and thrilled to announce that today is my first day in a new role at The Seattle Times: the company’s first news applications editor! It’s no secret that this is the direction I was headed. Though I’ve been working for about a year and a half at The Times as a homepage producer, Read More
Ok, ok. Before you tell me that word clouds are harmful or that most people use them ineffectively, let me start by saying that the one we built at The Seattle Times isn’t meant to be some type of comprehensive data visualization tool or a way to tell a narrative. The goal of the project Read More
This week marks my fifth month at The Seattle Times, a perfect time for an update about what I’ve been up to. Almost since the minute I walked in the door, Eric Ulken has had me working on an unprecedented project for our newsroom — a WordPress blog. So here I bring you, The Today Read More
This morning I ventured into the Seattle Times “press room,” which I expected to be a room for press conferences. But, nope. It was the other kind of press room, where they actually printed the paper years ago. The whole experience was like entering a time capsule back to 1994. Everything was untouched, as though Read More
Phew, what a crazy three weeks it’s been! I’m writing this post from Seattle, where I’ve now been officially living for a full week. Yesterday was my first day at The Times. Here are a few highlights about the move and about the job (following suit of Heather, who has been blogging about her first Read More
Big news today in the life of Lauren Rabaino: I am taking a job at The Seattle Times as a resident producer. For those of you who don’t know, I left Publish2 at the end of December. Since then, I’ve been blogging, doing freelance design and lounging on the beach — all while searching for Read More