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-Hi, everybody.

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How are we doing? Yeah.

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Are we ready to celebrate
some photojournalism tonight?

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It's such a great event

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because it's about
all the things that I love.

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My day job, I'm responsible
for approving expenses,

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and mileage, and parking.
But I really go there

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because I love photography
and photographers so much.

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And so a night like tonight
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because it's to show
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that we've endeavored
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but it's also just
to take a second

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to appreciate what's
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And to me -- I lost my notes,

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but, like, I can't tell you

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how special it is
to be able to do this.

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It's a fading opportunity,

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and The Seattle Times has
such a strong tradition

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of doing it well.

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And that tradition has
been maintained through a lot

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of things that places elsewhere
have not sustained through.

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And so I'd like
to just invite you to appreciate

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that what you're going to see
here tonight truly is special.

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We are not entitled to it.

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The people who commit
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have given a total commitment
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the photographic life.

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Forget the notes.
What is a photographic life?

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It is walking through the world
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that anything can happen
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In our daily lives,
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We go from A to B.

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We are going about our business
and we have these blinders on.

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But a photojournalist

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who's sensitized
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at all times is always
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There's always some kind of
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that could all of a sudden,

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instead of be something that was
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it can be frozen in time
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because that person
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and a master of their craft.

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That is just a wow thing
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in a front row seat to history.

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And so
when you see this work tonight,

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I'd like you to consider
that it may be a window

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into the soul of the people
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but it's also very much
a window into the soul

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of the makers themselves

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and what they commit
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It's a very special experience
for them

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and it's a special experience

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for us to be able to witness
what they have produced for us.

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I'd like to give
some acknowledgments.

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First of all,

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the Seattle Public Libraries,

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thank you for hosting us
in this wonderful space.

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Thank you to all of you
for attending

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and sharing the values in
what it is to have safe spaces

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for ideas, creativity,
permanence of soul,

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and of the values
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despite what may ebb

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and flow through whatever
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in the tangible world around us.

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I'd also like to just run down,
if you will humor me,

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the entire photo department
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Assistant Managing Editor
Frank Mina,

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Deputy Director of Photography
Bettina Hansen,

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Managing Photo Editor
Colin Diltz,

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Associate Photo Editors
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and Mindy Ray,

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and Production Specialists
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Michelle Gutierrez.

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Photo Journalists are Dean Rutz,
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Jennifer Buchanan,
Kevin Clark, Ivy Ceballo,

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Ellen Banner, Erika Schultz,
Ken Lambert, and Karen Ducey.

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And Senior Video Journalist
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who's out on maternity leave
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is also currently
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by Interim Videographer
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We also have some proud alums
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who also influence the work
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and have had a great impact
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So Fred, Danny, good to see you.

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Genevieve, I see you.
Ramon, thanks for being here.

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You're very much part of the
things that we continue to do.

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These are the people that I'm
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and this night, as far as I'm
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So --
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With that, I'd like to show you
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Okay, so that last bit
was from 2026.

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But we're going to
the Super Bowl, baby!

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We got a team
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led by Bettina Hansen,

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are going to go down
to Santa Clara

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and cover the heck out
of this football game

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that they're going to do
in a little bit.

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So I hope that you look to us
to see that amazing coverage.

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It's going to be fun.

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We got a great show
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Leading off is Ellen Banner.

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She has been a photojournalist
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for more than 35 years.

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She's been 28 and 12
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And I've known Ellen for just
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or so and quickly endured
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as just a tremendous person
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I value working with her
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super enjoy our conversations
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for what she does,

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and she'll be giving us
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And it's going to be
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After that, Bettina Hansen,

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who's our Deputy Director
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and who does most of the
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will present to us her view on

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how it was that
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the 2025 December
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and what perspective she carried
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through that
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And then we'll have
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about how it is
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with her tender heart

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and finds ways
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that we really wouldn't be
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through her unique
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and deep thoughts about
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within communities.

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We'll also have a presentation
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of our video work of the year
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So when that time comes,

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we'll have microphones
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Please feel free
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of our esteemed group
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I'll moderate that for you,

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and then we'll have a print
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So bear with us.
It's going to be a good time.

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At this time, I'd love
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-Thank you for coming to
The Seattle Times 2026 POY show.

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It's an honor to speak
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I've been a photojournalist
my entire adult life.

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I majored in photojournalism
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Starting out,
I was not a good photographer.

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But I shot this self-portrait
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and later made this photo
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After my professors saw
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they started believing in me.

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I was hooked.
I was hungry to learn more.

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I grew up on a small farm
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This is my mom.

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In the background is the home
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She didn't want to get on
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so I just picked her up
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She was screaming, Put me down!
Put me down!

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as I lifted her to the seat.

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But I really wanted the photo.

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Luckily, she doesn't weigh
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Afterwards, she liked
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And just so you know,
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I would do when photographing
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When I started, we
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and spent hours in the darkroom.

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It was great to work alongside
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at the end of the day,

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processing film
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Now we shoot digital images and
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from our laptops, in our cars,

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or even directly from
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Times have definitely changed.
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I photographed George Bush Sr.

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when he was running
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When I gave this photo
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he just looked at me and said,
You're a Democrat, aren't you?

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Another time, early on,
I was sent to a women's club.

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The woman who answered the door
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I guess she'd never seen
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She just stared and said,

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But you're a woman.

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And I said, Yes, I know.
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She finally let me in.

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We now have five female and four
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The technology of photography

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has changed immensely
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but in so many ways,
my job is the same.

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We shoot features and moments
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sometimes of someone looking
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on a nuclear submarine
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Sports, portraits,

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joys, and unfortunately,
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Basically, a daily history
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in our communities
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In a way, my mom had
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that the woman
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After I had been shooting
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and had little kids,

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she asked when I was going to
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and go back to being a secretary

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like I did when I was
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The hours would be
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I just looked at her and stared.

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That photography thing.

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So glad I didn't listen to
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I have seen, shared,

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and learned so much
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I have spent
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So have my kids.

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They've shared
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that they never would have
if I'd been a secretary.

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I've worked for
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before finally making
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my dream job,
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The implosion of the Kingdome

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in 2000 was one
of my early assignments.

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We all covered it.

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My position was
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After the building was down,
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We covered our cameras
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It took almost half an hour
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As I'm sure you all know, that's
where Lumen Field stands today.

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I covered Al Gore when
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I arrived
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and told the Secret Service
I was there to shoot Al Gore.

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They all went for their guns.

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I immediately threw my arms
into the air

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and said, Photograph,
photograph!

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Those guys have no sense
of humor.

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It was great when Seattle
still had a basketball team.

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I covered one game

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when the Sonics played
the Houston Rockets.

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I so hope the Sonics make
their way back here someday.

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Andrew Fowler reacts
after placing first

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in the 100-meter walk
in the Special Olympics.

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Covering UW sports
has always been great,

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00:16:26,954 --> 00:16:29,590
although you never need to be
more careful

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to not drop something than

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when you are shooting
from the rafters

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at Alaska Airlines Arena.

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It's always fun
to make a portrait

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of a star soccer player.

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00:16:43,370 --> 00:16:46,440
I caught a hydro flipping
over Lake Washington

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at Stan Sayres' pits.

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Luckily, the guy was okay.

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And another time captured
a diver going head-first

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into the same lake.

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Here's our beloved Ichiro after
hitting a two-run home run.

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Tiger Woods had a bad day
at the US Open in Chambers Bay

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and didn't make the cut.

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Covering Marshawn Lynch
in the downtown parade,

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throwing Skittles to the crowd

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00:17:18,505 --> 00:17:21,408
after the Seahawks won
the Super Bowl

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was a lot more fun than covering
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll

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at a press conference

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when he said goodbye
after losing his job.

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I try to never get emotional.

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Sometimes it's hard not to be.

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Hard news is another thing
we cover.

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After this
and many other rotting poles

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fell on Marginal Way East
in a windstorm,

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the couple inside this car sat
on either side of the crossarm

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that went through their roof for
an hour waiting to be rescued.

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They were both okay.
Talk about lucky.

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00:17:59,346 --> 00:18:03,383
Can't imagine what they must
have been saying to each other.

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00:18:05,719 --> 00:18:08,188
Beverly Burr believes
that her eight-year-old

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daughter was serial killer
Ted Bundy's first victim.

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He lived nearby
and once said he killed her

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when he was only 14
but later denied it.

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He was finally executed
in Florida,

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never answering Beverly's
letters asking for the truth.

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My heart just broke for her.

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She died never knowing what
happened to her little girl.

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00:18:39,019 --> 00:18:42,089
A woman trying
to sell her car to a teenager

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00:18:42,089 --> 00:18:44,658
who hit the gas pedal
instead of the brake

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at her apartment complex.

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00:18:49,329 --> 00:18:53,166
The teen was okay,
but the car was uninsured.

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Damn.

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One man grabs chairs
in a flood.

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Another saves a henhouse full
of chickens

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in his mom's Burlington backyard
one at a time.

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00:19:10,017 --> 00:19:12,619
A woman taps bubbles
from a syringe

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00:19:12,619 --> 00:19:18,358
as people line up in their cars
to get the COVID vaccine.

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00:19:18,358 --> 00:19:25,532
Protesters block access
to Terminal 18 during a protest.

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00:19:25,532 --> 00:19:29,369
3,500 soldiers attended
deployment ceremony

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00:19:29,369 --> 00:19:35,375
in the Tacoma Dome in 2004
before being sent to Iraq.

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00:19:35,375 --> 00:19:40,681
I accidentally entered the
ceremony through the wrong door.

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00:19:40,681 --> 00:19:43,717
I took this photo
and when security saw me,

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they kicked me out.
Later, organizers of the event

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00:19:47,855 --> 00:19:54,094
purchased this image from the
newspaper to hang on their wall.

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00:19:54,094 --> 00:19:57,965
An Amtrak train took
a turn way too fast.

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00:19:57,965 --> 00:19:59,700
On the first day,

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00:19:59,700 --> 00:20:03,637
the high-speed train ran
from Seattle to Portland

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00:20:03,637 --> 00:20:08,809
and several cars crashed on I-5
and the traffic below.

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00:20:08,809 --> 00:20:12,746
Three people were killed.
I shot from a bridge

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00:20:12,746 --> 00:20:15,849
where all the media
was stationed

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00:20:15,849 --> 00:20:19,553
and then went through the woods
to the other side.

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00:20:19,553 --> 00:20:21,455
After taking this photo,

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00:20:21,455 --> 00:20:27,394
authorities saw me and
I was told very loudly to leave.

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00:20:27,394 --> 00:20:29,897
Sometimes I feel
if I don't get kicked out,

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I'm not working hard enough.

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00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:35,969
It's happened more times
than I can count,

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00:20:35,969 --> 00:20:41,408
but every so often,
I get a shot that others don't.

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00:20:41,408 --> 00:20:45,212
Steve Felix laughs while giving
the vehicle of his friend,

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00:20:45,212 --> 00:20:49,349
Roger McCormick, a jump.

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00:20:49,349 --> 00:20:51,718
A woman gets a sip of water

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00:20:51,718 --> 00:20:54,454
while protesters are trying
to stop construction

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00:20:54,454 --> 00:21:00,827
of a loading dock for
a gravel mine on Vashon Island.

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00:21:00,827 --> 00:21:05,299
A woman gets a lift
through floodwaters

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00:21:05,299 --> 00:21:09,436
and a man tries to get away
from spray near Alki.

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00:21:09,436 --> 00:21:14,241
Why he was out there,
I just couldn't figure out.

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00:21:14,241 --> 00:21:16,944
A little guy salutes
firefighters

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00:21:16,944 --> 00:21:19,079
as they pass by in a parade

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00:21:19,079 --> 00:21:21,348
to support the four firefighters

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00:21:21,348 --> 00:21:25,485
who lost their lives
in the Pang warehouse fire.

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00:21:25,485 --> 00:21:28,355
His mother told me
he wanted to be a firefighter

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00:21:28,355 --> 00:21:29,990
when he grows up.

348
00:21:29,990 --> 00:21:33,360
I wonder if he did.

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00:21:33,360 --> 00:21:38,131
David Moody hugs his son as
they talk about close relatives,

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both veterans
who passed away recently

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00:21:41,735 --> 00:21:46,039
as they place flags
at Washelli Evergreen Cemetery

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00:21:46,039 --> 00:21:47,875
before Veterans Day.

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00:21:49,643 --> 00:21:55,282
A protester gets help
after being pepper sprayed.

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00:21:55,282 --> 00:21:58,118
Travelers wait in line
at the airport.

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00:21:58,118 --> 00:22:01,255
I'm sure you can all relate.

356
00:22:01,255 --> 00:22:04,491
And striking UW
medical workers close down

357
00:22:04,491 --> 00:22:08,629
a street as they picket.

358
00:22:08,629 --> 00:22:12,499
Melissa Bishop packs
up her belongings during a sweep

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00:22:12,499 --> 00:22:15,335
of the homeless camp
where she was living.

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00:22:17,471 --> 00:22:20,908
Women cry when a stray
bullet goes through the window

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00:22:20,908 --> 00:22:24,144
where they work
and kills a coworker.

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00:22:24,144 --> 00:22:27,714
As sad as this event was,
it was easier to cover

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00:22:27,714 --> 00:22:31,018
because no one knew
who had shot the gun.

364
00:22:31,018 --> 00:22:34,087
Perhaps someone who knew
might hear the news

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00:22:34,087 --> 00:22:39,259
or see the photos and would come
forward and turn in the shooter.

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00:22:39,259 --> 00:22:42,796
He was eventually caught.

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00:22:42,796 --> 00:22:46,333
Gay marriage is legalized
in Washington State,

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00:22:46,333 --> 00:22:51,705
and a couple from California
flew here to get married.

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00:22:51,705 --> 00:22:56,343
A woman looks at her
flooded basement.

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00:22:56,343 --> 00:22:59,713
Thick haze from fires
in Washington and Oregon

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00:22:59,713 --> 00:23:04,651
obscure the I-90
floating bridge.

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00:23:04,651 --> 00:23:08,856
Construction fascinates me,
and I've covered a lot of it.

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00:23:08,856 --> 00:23:13,427
My former editor at the paper,
the legendary Fred Nelson,

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00:23:13,427 --> 00:23:17,698
always called me
infrastructure girl.

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00:23:17,698 --> 00:23:22,069
Beacon Reservoir
is seismically retrofitted.

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00:23:22,069 --> 00:23:24,838
It holds 50 million gallons
of water

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00:23:24,838 --> 00:23:30,744
and is Seattle's
biggest single cell reservoir.

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00:23:30,744 --> 00:23:35,048
A construction worker crawls
through the 21-foot-in-diameter

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00:23:35,048 --> 00:23:40,053
cutterhead as it pokes through
the east side of Beacon Hill.

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00:23:40,053 --> 00:23:44,791
Light rail trains now run
through this tunnel.

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00:23:44,791 --> 00:23:48,795
Another worker throws out trash
as a former strip club

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00:23:48,795 --> 00:23:53,166
in New Zealand is torn down
after an earthquake.

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00:23:53,166 --> 00:23:55,702
It was my favorite image
from my trip there,

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00:23:55,702 --> 00:23:58,372
but the newspaper
would never run it.

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00:23:58,372 --> 00:24:00,374
I bet you can guess why.

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00:24:02,876 --> 00:24:07,848
George Silcox with SDOT walks
through the West Seattle bridge.

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00:24:07,848 --> 00:24:11,518
I never realized it was
so big inside.

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00:24:11,518 --> 00:24:13,153
The bridge is the only

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00:24:13,153 --> 00:24:17,624
double-leaf swing bridge
in the world.

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00:24:17,624 --> 00:24:21,028
Work is done by many
on the elevated track

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00:24:21,028 --> 00:24:26,466
of the Tukwila segment
of the light rail project.

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00:24:26,466 --> 00:24:28,669
People drive for the last time

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00:24:28,669 --> 00:24:33,207
on the Alaska Way Viaduct
in 2019.

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00:24:33,207 --> 00:24:35,108
It was demolished

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00:24:35,108 --> 00:24:40,447
and now traffic heads
underground in the SR 99 tunnel.

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00:24:40,447 --> 00:24:42,950
It took around nine months
to tear it down.

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00:24:42,950 --> 00:24:47,988
A construction worker
talks to the operator

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00:24:47,988 --> 00:24:52,926
of a train in a stormwater
storage tunnel in Ballard.

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00:24:52,926 --> 00:24:55,696
The nearly three-mile-long
tunnel will keep

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00:24:55,696 --> 00:25:02,035
sewage and stormwater out of
the Lake Washington ship canal.

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00:25:02,035 --> 00:25:06,340
In addition to construction,
I love to work up high.

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00:25:06,340 --> 00:25:09,176
I have flown in helicopters
without doors

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00:25:09,176 --> 00:25:13,614
to prevent reflections
in my images many, many times.

404
00:25:13,614 --> 00:25:19,052
I've always checked my seatbelt
carefully before we take off.

405
00:25:19,052 --> 00:25:21,822
This time, I got to fly
with the Coast Guard

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00:25:21,822 --> 00:25:25,492
over the Olympic Peninsula
and was tied in.

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00:25:25,492 --> 00:25:27,528
I hung my feet outside the door.

408
00:25:27,528 --> 00:25:31,398
It was so much fun.

409
00:25:31,398 --> 00:25:35,335
I've been on the roof
of the Space Needle many times,

410
00:25:35,335 --> 00:25:38,405
this time
to cover Governor Jay Inslee

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00:25:38,405 --> 00:25:41,508
when he was raising a flag
to reopen Washington

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00:25:41,508 --> 00:25:45,879
towards
the end of the COVID crisis.

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00:25:45,879 --> 00:25:48,649
Getting to the top
of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge

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00:25:48,649 --> 00:25:50,984
was also a thrill.

415
00:25:50,984 --> 00:25:53,754
I was just disappointed
they wouldn't let me climb it

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00:25:53,754 --> 00:25:56,456
with the construction workers.

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00:25:56,456 --> 00:25:59,126
I had to take an elevator
to the top.

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00:26:01,562 --> 00:26:04,731
I did a story
on a tower crane operator

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00:26:04,731 --> 00:26:07,968
during the building boom
in South Lake Union.

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00:26:07,968 --> 00:26:12,005
I got to go out on the short end
of the boom to make a shot

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00:26:12,005 --> 00:26:15,442
and then went back
inside the cab.

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00:26:15,442 --> 00:26:18,846
The operator asked
if I'd like to sit in his seat

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00:26:18,846 --> 00:26:21,982
and when I literally jumped
at that opportunity,

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00:26:21,982 --> 00:26:26,820
he also let me move the boom.

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00:26:26,820 --> 00:26:30,858
Could it possibly get
any better than this?

426
00:26:30,858 --> 00:26:35,262
Do you understand
why I love my job?

427
00:26:35,262 --> 00:26:40,367
Macklemore was performing
at the Gorge when I covered him.

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00:26:40,367 --> 00:26:42,269
All of the previous positions

429
00:26:42,269 --> 00:26:45,105
let the photographers be
near the stage

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00:26:45,105 --> 00:26:47,074
for the first three songs,

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00:26:47,074 --> 00:26:52,145
but he did not and I was really
far away when I performed.

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00:26:52,145 --> 00:26:53,914
It was tough.

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00:26:53,914 --> 00:26:56,183
There was a woman near
where I was standing

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00:26:56,183 --> 00:26:59,253
and I just started
complaining to her.

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00:26:59,253 --> 00:27:01,922
She told me she talked to him
about it.

436
00:27:01,922 --> 00:27:03,724
I just stared at her.

437
00:27:03,724 --> 00:27:06,627
Then she mentioned
that she was his mother.

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00:27:09,029 --> 00:27:10,163
Oops!

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00:27:13,567 --> 00:27:18,639
Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos
was just selling books at Amazon

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00:27:18,639 --> 00:27:20,841
when I made this photograph.

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00:27:20,841 --> 00:27:26,713
Not sure I'd be able to get him
to do something like this again.

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00:27:26,713 --> 00:27:30,184
Bruce Lawrence was retiring
from the Seattle Symphony

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00:27:30,184 --> 00:27:32,119
and he played for me.

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00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:35,522
After he started,
all I wanted to do was sit back,

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00:27:35,522 --> 00:27:38,825
listen, and just enjoy
the music.

446
00:27:38,825 --> 00:27:41,862
Then I remembered I was there
to make a picture.

447
00:27:41,862 --> 00:27:45,632
Rats! He was incredible.

448
00:27:45,632 --> 00:27:49,369
Angelica Dibella-Lira
is graduating

449
00:27:49,369 --> 00:27:53,674
with a bachelor's degree from
the University of Puget Sound

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00:27:53,674 --> 00:27:55,642
while being an inmate

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00:27:55,642 --> 00:27:59,112
at the Washington Correction
Center for Women in Purdy.

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00:27:59,112 --> 00:28:04,651
What a positive program
and a thrill to cover.

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00:28:04,651 --> 00:28:11,391
President Barack Obama greets
a visitor at Boeing Field.

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00:28:11,391 --> 00:28:15,162
Lily Tomlin was a total delight
to cover.

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00:28:15,162 --> 00:28:19,600
She gave me a lot more time
than I was originally allotted.

456
00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:21,869
Most of the photos
were pretty serious,

457
00:28:21,869 --> 00:28:26,440
but I said something, she
laughed, and I made this photo.

458
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:28,742
She asked if it was the one
I would use.

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00:28:28,742 --> 00:28:32,913
I told her, yeah,
it probably was.

460
00:28:32,913 --> 00:28:36,316
Katie Wilson looks pleased
after being sworn in

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00:28:36,316 --> 00:28:38,719
as Seattle's new mayor.

462
00:28:38,719 --> 00:28:43,257
We cover a lot
of press conferences.

463
00:28:43,257 --> 00:28:45,025
We need to have a pilot's
license

464
00:28:45,025 --> 00:28:47,427
to fly a drone for the paper.

465
00:28:47,427 --> 00:28:53,400
What fun it's been.
This is a family at a corn maze.

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00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:56,603
A drone shot of sea lions
at Shilshole

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00:28:56,603 --> 00:29:00,374
gave a different perspective
than the close image

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00:29:00,374 --> 00:29:02,809
I shot of them from the dock.

469
00:29:02,809 --> 00:29:06,079
They're still pretty cute.

470
00:29:06,079 --> 00:29:09,216
A lot of times we go out
and just find photos

471
00:29:09,216 --> 00:29:12,753
that don't necessarily
go along with stories.

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00:29:12,753 --> 00:29:17,391
This eagle grabbed an unlucky
American coot at Seward Park.

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00:29:17,391 --> 00:29:20,794
I felt so bad for him.

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00:29:20,794 --> 00:29:23,730
After this photo ran,
a reader wrote to me

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00:29:23,730 --> 00:29:25,933
and said that someone
was telling the clouds

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00:29:25,933 --> 00:29:27,534
they were over Seattle

477
00:29:27,534 --> 00:29:29,937
and it was just needing
a bit more rain.

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00:29:33,707 --> 00:29:39,713
UW students are drumming
up business for a car wash.

479
00:29:39,713 --> 00:29:44,418
A boy is cooling off
at Angle Lake.

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00:29:44,418 --> 00:29:51,024
And weird fog is obscuring part
of the Seattle skyline.

481
00:29:51,024 --> 00:29:56,763
A mama seal is hanging out with
her offspring in West Seattle.

482
00:29:56,763 --> 00:30:02,703
A woman heading to Hawaii for
vacation is getting a spray tan.

483
00:30:02,703 --> 00:30:04,404
Needless to say,

484
00:30:04,404 --> 00:30:06,807
only a female photographer
was invited

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00:30:06,807 --> 00:30:08,942
to cover this assignment.

486
00:30:08,942 --> 00:30:11,678
Sorry guys.

487
00:30:11,678 --> 00:30:14,147
You'd have to know this is
in Seattle

488
00:30:14,147 --> 00:30:17,050
because I made this shot
in the middle of summer.

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00:30:20,487 --> 00:30:24,725
A grandfather is enjoying
his time with his grandson

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00:30:24,725 --> 00:30:26,493
at Golden Gardens.

491
00:30:26,493 --> 00:30:31,098
A woman is thrilled
to become a US citizen

492
00:30:31,098 --> 00:30:35,235
at a naturalization ceremony.

493
00:30:35,235 --> 00:30:38,172
And a bullfrog
at Capitol Lake in Olympia

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00:30:38,172 --> 00:30:41,675
has no idea that the lake
will be drained to return

495
00:30:41,675 --> 00:30:46,213
to its natural estuary state
in 2027 or '28.

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00:30:48,248 --> 00:30:51,852
A bee lands on a flower.

497
00:30:51,852 --> 00:30:54,154
A toddler looks at
his mother's belly

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00:30:54,154 --> 00:30:58,592
where his sister is
about ready to be born.

499
00:30:58,592 --> 00:31:00,827
And Gwendolyn Singletary laughs

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00:31:00,827 --> 00:31:03,931
as the Baltimore consort cheers
up patients

501
00:31:03,931 --> 00:31:08,936
at Bailey-Boushay House when
they were in town to perform.

502
00:31:08,936 --> 00:31:12,573
She said if she was able, she
would have gotten up to dance.

503
00:31:14,374 --> 00:31:18,612
A hummingbird flies
at Volunteer Park.

504
00:31:18,612 --> 00:31:24,151
A woman walks through
an intersection on Capitol Hill.

505
00:31:24,151 --> 00:31:28,722
And another reacts to a rotting
fin whale in Seahurst Park.

506
00:31:28,722 --> 00:31:32,292
It really stunk.

507
00:31:32,292 --> 00:31:35,696
I've covered food and drinks
at restaurants.

508
00:31:35,696 --> 00:31:42,636
A West Seattle visitor relaxing
in front of the Seattle skyline.

509
00:31:42,636 --> 00:31:46,673
And a young girl enjoying
the snow.

510
00:31:46,673 --> 00:31:49,176
And raindrops reflected
on my windshield

511
00:31:49,176 --> 00:31:53,280
when parked next
to the Space Needle.

512
00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:58,852
Flamingos at the Woodland
Park Zoo check out a newborn.

513
00:31:58,852 --> 00:32:02,890
A young breakdancer shows
his stuff.

514
00:32:02,890 --> 00:32:05,225
And a plane takes off
from our airport

515
00:32:05,225 --> 00:32:08,896
when we have a full moon.

516
00:32:08,896 --> 00:32:10,831
In front of the Seattle skyline,

517
00:32:10,831 --> 00:32:15,702
a cormorant appears
to be conducting a symphony.

518
00:32:15,702 --> 00:32:18,772
And a plane lands in the fog
at SeaTac.

519
00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:25,279
A family shares a meal
at Shilshole.

520
00:32:25,279 --> 00:32:28,048
A brewer cleans out a tank.

521
00:32:29,750 --> 00:32:35,722
The sky at Cannon Beach
in Oregon is simply gorgeous.

522
00:32:35,722 --> 00:32:38,358
The support the Twelves have
for the Seahawks

523
00:32:38,358 --> 00:32:40,360
is like no other city.

524
00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:43,931
I'm so looking forward to
the Super Bowl this year.

525
00:32:46,900 --> 00:32:50,537
The enthusiasm Sean Fitzgerald
has in a wading pool

526
00:32:50,537 --> 00:32:55,008
is such a testament
of a child's joy.

527
00:32:55,008 --> 00:32:57,377
And fireworks
on the Space Needle,

528
00:32:57,377 --> 00:33:00,948
when we can see them,
are always incredible.

529
00:33:03,050 --> 00:33:05,919
A father kisses
his eight-year-old daughter,

530
00:33:05,919 --> 00:33:09,489
who just received her
third heart transplant

531
00:33:09,489 --> 00:33:13,427
after spending seven months
at Children's Hospital.

532
00:33:13,427 --> 00:33:17,030
She is finally ready to go home.

533
00:33:17,030 --> 00:33:21,068
A dog walker with an injured dog
figures out another way

534
00:33:21,068 --> 00:33:23,270
so he can get his time outside.

535
00:33:25,506 --> 00:33:28,976
And a spider cuts a flower
out of its web.

536
00:33:31,178 --> 00:33:32,813
And then there's George,

537
00:33:32,813 --> 00:33:35,415
the skateboarding dog
from Bainbridge.

538
00:33:37,951 --> 00:33:40,354
-Come here. Come here.

539
00:33:40,354 --> 00:33:45,092
-George is a
very different kind of a dog.

540
00:33:45,092 --> 00:33:48,662
He's five years old
and still acts like a puppy.

541
00:33:51,598 --> 00:33:53,834
George has a lot of energy.

542
00:33:53,834 --> 00:33:56,470
So we had to figure
out something that he could do,

543
00:33:56,470 --> 00:34:00,574
some type of activity to get
some of that energy out of him.

544
00:34:03,677 --> 00:34:06,613
So we thought, maybe we'll
just get George a skateboard.

545
00:34:06,613 --> 00:34:12,419
♪♪

546
00:34:12,419 --> 00:34:14,321
We hear everything,

547
00:34:14,321 --> 00:34:16,356
like that's the most
amazing thing I've ever seen.

548
00:34:16,356 --> 00:34:20,127
And, you just made my day, and
I can't believe what I'm seeing.

549
00:34:20,127 --> 00:34:23,664
And I saw that on television,
on the internet,

550
00:34:23,664 --> 00:34:25,899
but I didn't think it was real.

551
00:34:25,899 --> 00:34:29,703
One funny comment,
a teenage girl, she says, yeah,

552
00:34:29,703 --> 00:34:31,305
but does he do any tricks?

553
00:34:31,305 --> 00:34:38,679
♪♪

554
00:34:38,679 --> 00:34:42,216
We can't even say
the word skateboard in our house

555
00:34:42,216 --> 00:34:44,251
with George around.

556
00:34:44,251 --> 00:34:49,122
We actually have to hide the
board in the trunk of the SUV.

557
00:34:49,122 --> 00:34:52,593
Here, bud, do you want a drink?
George, do you want a drink?

558
00:34:52,593 --> 00:34:54,862
George will ride as long
as we will let him ride.

559
00:34:54,862 --> 00:34:57,231
He will just keep going
and going.

560
00:34:57,231 --> 00:35:00,601
So we actually have to stop
George,

561
00:35:00,601 --> 00:35:03,136
take a break,
to make sure he's well hydrated.

562
00:35:03,136 --> 00:35:08,308
♪♪

563
00:35:08,308 --> 00:35:10,043
All dogs are talented.

564
00:35:10,043 --> 00:35:12,346
They all
have their special gifts.

565
00:35:12,346 --> 00:35:15,349
It's just up to us to figure
out what they can do best.

566
00:35:15,349 --> 00:35:21,755
♪♪

567
00:35:31,465 --> 00:35:35,435
-That being said,
I'm retiring this year.

568
00:35:38,639 --> 00:35:42,209
It's been one of the
toughest decisions of my life.

569
00:35:42,209 --> 00:35:45,846
Working for The Seattle Times
as a photojournalist

570
00:35:45,846 --> 00:35:48,916
is not a job, it's a dream.

571
00:35:48,916 --> 00:35:50,851
When my kids were little,

572
00:35:50,851 --> 00:35:55,222
I often accompanied them
on their field trips.

573
00:35:55,222 --> 00:35:59,760
My job is a field trip
every day.

574
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:02,196
The paper is a destination

575
00:36:02,196 --> 00:36:06,300
I think most photojournalists
in this country try to achieve.

576
00:36:06,300 --> 00:36:10,437
Once you get here, you've
made it in this profession.

577
00:36:10,437 --> 00:36:14,074
I can't imagine
where else you would rather be.

578
00:36:14,074 --> 00:36:17,277
Yet there are other things
to do.

579
00:36:17,277 --> 00:36:23,383
I will be able to put up
yard signs, sign petitions,

580
00:36:23,383 --> 00:36:27,221
and express my opinions
of certain politicians,

581
00:36:27,221 --> 00:36:30,757
all things I could not do
as a photojournalist.

582
00:36:30,757 --> 00:36:34,294
I also will have more time
for my family.

583
00:36:34,294 --> 00:36:39,032
Still, I cannot thank Cole
Porter enough for hiring me

584
00:36:39,032 --> 00:36:42,669
28 and a half years ago,
or The Seattle Times

585
00:36:42,669 --> 00:36:44,438
and the Blethen family enough

586
00:36:44,438 --> 00:36:46,773
for the extraordinary
opportunities

587
00:36:46,773 --> 00:36:50,010
I have had in this profession.

588
00:36:50,010 --> 00:36:52,713
I seriously cannot imagine
a better way

589
00:36:52,713 --> 00:36:57,251
to spend my life, my career.

590
00:36:57,251 --> 00:37:01,889
Thank you, Seattle.
Thank you, Seattle Times.

591
00:37:01,889 --> 00:37:05,225
What an incredible ride
it has been.

592
00:37:05,225 --> 00:37:06,426
Thank you.

593
00:37:06,426 --> 00:37:09,863
[ Cheers and applause ]

594
00:37:47,868 --> 00:37:52,472
-Thank you, Ellen.
My name is Bettina Hansen.

595
00:37:52,472 --> 00:37:56,243
I'm the Deputy Director
of Photography here.

596
00:37:56,243 --> 00:37:59,546
And I became a mother
six years ago.

597
00:37:59,546 --> 00:38:01,782
My kids are six and four.

598
00:38:01,782 --> 00:38:07,387
And Ellen has been
such a huge support as a mother,

599
00:38:07,387 --> 00:38:12,459
learning how to find my way in a
job again, coming back to work.

600
00:38:12,459 --> 00:38:14,194
We love you so much,

601
00:38:14,194 --> 00:38:17,164
and we're so excited for you
and your future.

602
00:38:20,067 --> 00:38:22,803
So tonight I'm going
to talk about

603
00:38:22,803 --> 00:38:27,908
how our staff covered December's
historic flooding event.

604
00:38:27,908 --> 00:38:29,643
Tonight I'm going to present
work

605
00:38:29,643 --> 00:38:33,046
by photographers Erika Schultz,
Nick Wagner,

606
00:38:33,046 --> 00:38:37,217
Karen Ducey,
Jennifer Buchanan, Ken Lambert,

607
00:38:37,217 --> 00:38:41,021
Ellen Banner, Kevin Clark,
and Ivy Ceballo.

608
00:38:43,790 --> 00:38:45,792
Fueled by an atmospheric river

609
00:38:45,792 --> 00:38:48,495
that dumped rain
over the entire region,

610
00:38:48,495 --> 00:38:52,599
floodwaters inundated
communities in December.

611
00:38:52,599 --> 00:38:56,670
Nearly 400 people needed to
be rescued from rising waters

612
00:38:56,670 --> 00:39:02,109
that overtopped roads
and swamped apartment buildings.

613
00:39:02,109 --> 00:39:07,414
Nearly 4,000 homes were damaged
or destroyed, and at one point,

614
00:39:07,414 --> 00:39:11,785
over 100,000 people were
under evacuation orders.

615
00:39:13,921 --> 00:39:15,889
As journalists,

616
00:39:15,889 --> 00:39:18,158
coverage of this flooding
was an all-newsroom effort,

617
00:39:18,158 --> 00:39:22,596
with our dramatic photography
at the forefront.

618
00:39:22,596 --> 00:39:24,598
Tonight I'm going to talk about

619
00:39:24,598 --> 00:39:27,401
how we pulled off comprehensive
coverage of one of the most

620
00:39:27,401 --> 00:39:32,539
logistically challenging
news events of my career.

621
00:39:32,539 --> 00:39:34,408
I'm on the desk now,

622
00:39:34,408 --> 00:39:37,511
but I was a photographer
on staff for 10 years here.

623
00:39:37,511 --> 00:39:41,248
I helped manage the photo staff,
take the lead on assigning,

624
00:39:41,248 --> 00:39:44,818
and make selections
of images for print and online.

625
00:39:44,818 --> 00:39:48,388
My experience in the field
informs everything I do

626
00:39:48,388 --> 00:39:50,123
and how I approached
coordinating

627
00:39:50,123 --> 00:39:53,794
our coverage of the flooding.

628
00:39:53,794 --> 00:39:56,230
Each week,
I'm the Saturday night editor,

629
00:39:56,230 --> 00:39:58,498
so I often take
any free time that night

630
00:39:58,498 --> 00:40:01,602
to look ahead at what
might be coming for the week.

631
00:40:01,602 --> 00:40:04,705
In early December,
one thing caught my eye --

632
00:40:04,705 --> 00:40:08,709
Flood alerts from
the National Weather Service.

633
00:40:08,709 --> 00:40:10,644
I talked with
photographer Ken Lambert

634
00:40:10,644 --> 00:40:12,913
about making his way
to the Snoqualmie area

635
00:40:12,913 --> 00:40:15,282
the next day to get eyes
on the river

636
00:40:15,282 --> 00:40:19,620
and see
if any preparations had started.

637
00:40:19,620 --> 00:40:22,122
By Monday,
folks were making sandbags

638
00:40:22,122 --> 00:40:24,157
and really starting
to pay attention

639
00:40:24,157 --> 00:40:26,059
to eye-popping predictions
coming from

640
00:40:26,059 --> 00:40:28,896
the National Weather Service
and the river gauges.

641
00:40:31,365 --> 00:40:34,001
By Tuesday, we'd kicked
the newsroom into gear

642
00:40:34,001 --> 00:40:35,969
and had photographers
and reporters

643
00:40:35,969 --> 00:40:38,238
stationed in key areas.

644
00:40:38,238 --> 00:40:41,508
We had live updates running
on seattletimes.com

645
00:40:41,508 --> 00:40:43,644
so that readers could get
important information

646
00:40:43,644 --> 00:40:47,414
in real time as images flowed
into our newsroom.

647
00:40:47,414 --> 00:40:50,617
Similar to a live blog,
live updates provides readers

648
00:40:50,617 --> 00:40:53,587
with constantly
updated reporting and visuals

649
00:40:53,587 --> 00:40:57,457
as a big story is unfolding.

650
00:40:57,457 --> 00:41:00,227
In Snohomish County,
home to many farms,

651
00:41:00,227 --> 00:41:02,596
Erika Schultz photographed
people evacuating

652
00:41:02,596 --> 00:41:08,001
their livestock to the
Evergreen Fairgrounds in Monroe.

653
00:41:08,001 --> 00:41:09,736
In downtown Snohomish,

654
00:41:09,736 --> 00:41:12,339
Karen Ducey photographed
people gathering to gawk

655
00:41:12,339 --> 00:41:14,908
at the height of the river.

656
00:41:14,908 --> 00:41:17,444
And in the same area seen
from the air,

657
00:41:17,444 --> 00:41:19,479
it really shows

658
00:41:19,479 --> 00:41:23,517
how far the Snohomish River
was encroaching into the town.

659
00:41:23,517 --> 00:41:25,152
Later that day,

660
00:41:25,152 --> 00:41:26,687
Karen found ranchers
rounding up their animals

661
00:41:26,687 --> 00:41:31,558
to take them to higher ground.
As we planned for the week,

662
00:41:31,558 --> 00:41:34,494
the forecast for Thursday
was really looking dire,

663
00:41:34,494 --> 00:41:36,330
with worsening projections

664
00:41:36,330 --> 00:41:39,366
and more rain on the way
for the Skagit, Skykomish,

665
00:41:39,366 --> 00:41:43,971
and Snohomish Rivers.
On Wednesday,

666
00:41:43,971 --> 00:41:47,341
we assigned Nick Wagner to towns
along the Skykomish River

667
00:41:47,341 --> 00:41:50,978
as residents banded
together to make emergency plans

668
00:41:50,978 --> 00:41:55,148
while the river raged.

669
00:41:55,148 --> 00:41:58,852
Flooding is a way of life
in a lot of these communities,

670
00:41:58,852 --> 00:42:02,656
but the predictions for water
levels were incredibly high,

671
00:42:02,656 --> 00:42:08,028
even for those who had
endured many prior flood events.

672
00:42:08,028 --> 00:42:09,997
By midweek,

673
00:42:09,997 --> 00:42:11,999
we had pulled in everyone
available to cover flooding

674
00:42:11,999 --> 00:42:14,735
and fanned them all
over the region.

675
00:42:14,735 --> 00:42:18,071
Our photo desk fielded images
straight from photographers

676
00:42:18,071 --> 00:42:21,642
and curated them
into our live online coverage.

677
00:42:24,244 --> 00:42:27,648
Across the state,
33 rivers hit flood stage,

678
00:42:27,648 --> 00:42:31,618
all cresting at different times
in vastly different places.

679
00:42:31,618 --> 00:42:37,157
It was a lot to coordinate to
get photographers in position.

680
00:42:37,157 --> 00:42:39,159
Roads were closing left
and right,

681
00:42:39,159 --> 00:42:41,328
and there were
real possibilities of our folks

682
00:42:41,328 --> 00:42:46,400
in the field getting stranded.
To borrow a sports term,

683
00:42:46,400 --> 00:42:49,136
we could no longer be
in man-to-man coverage.

684
00:42:49,136 --> 00:42:51,138
We had to switch to zone.

685
00:42:51,138 --> 00:42:54,641
There were too many rescues and
news items to chase all at once.

686
00:42:54,641 --> 00:42:57,578
We poured over maps and flood
gauge predictions

687
00:42:57,578 --> 00:43:00,147
to make a coverage plan for
our staff,

688
00:43:00,147 --> 00:43:02,249
teaming up reporters
and photographers

689
00:43:02,249 --> 00:43:06,587
in geographical areas
to focus on.

690
00:43:06,587 --> 00:43:08,755
Photo editor Colin Diltz grew up

691
00:43:08,755 --> 00:43:10,858
and still lives
in Snohomish County,

692
00:43:10,858 --> 00:43:13,260
and his family farm is
in the flood plain.

693
00:43:13,260 --> 00:43:16,163
His local knowledge of the area
was key to understanding

694
00:43:16,163 --> 00:43:18,198
how the rivers were
going to behave

695
00:43:18,198 --> 00:43:20,601
and where we'd see
the most significant impacts

696
00:43:20,601 --> 00:43:24,137
to homes and communities.

697
00:43:24,137 --> 00:43:26,306
The photographers that
we had stationed in the field

698
00:43:26,306 --> 00:43:29,977
earlier in the week became
our experts in their areas,

699
00:43:29,977 --> 00:43:33,413
and we kept them there
for continuity and safety.

700
00:43:33,413 --> 00:43:35,415
As a former photographer myself,

701
00:43:35,415 --> 00:43:38,886
I tried to give staffers what I
needed when I was in the field,

702
00:43:38,886 --> 00:43:40,888
a calm, responsive presence

703
00:43:40,888 --> 00:43:43,891
to help them focus
on going deeper in the areas

704
00:43:43,891 --> 00:43:46,827
where they embedded.

705
00:43:46,827 --> 00:43:48,695
By staying in specific zones,

706
00:43:48,695 --> 00:43:51,865
photographers could
better assess roads and hazards,

707
00:43:51,865 --> 00:43:54,134
build sources,
and more importantly,

708
00:43:54,134 --> 00:43:59,239
find the best spots with Wi-Fi
and a restroom.

709
00:43:59,239 --> 00:44:01,508
Ken Lambert was our
Snoqualmie area expert

710
00:44:01,508 --> 00:44:03,644
and made this stunning image
of a water rescue

711
00:44:03,644 --> 00:44:08,215
with a keen tip from
a public information officer.

712
00:44:08,215 --> 00:44:10,517
The next day, it made page one.

713
00:44:12,786 --> 00:44:14,555
Karen Ducey was
our Snohomish expert

714
00:44:14,555 --> 00:44:16,423
and struck up a relationship
with residents

715
00:44:16,423 --> 00:44:18,425
of a mobile home park

716
00:44:18,425 --> 00:44:22,729
who saw some of
the worst flooding near Monroe.

717
00:44:22,729 --> 00:44:26,166
Jennifer Buchanan nearly became
stranded amid waterlogged roads

718
00:44:26,166 --> 00:44:27,835
while making this image
of a resident

719
00:44:27,835 --> 00:44:31,405
along the South Skagit Highway.
Jenny grew up in Mount Vernon

720
00:44:31,405 --> 00:44:33,874
and stayed with her parents
during the flooding.

721
00:44:33,874 --> 00:44:36,543
As a teen, she filled sandbags
on the banks of the Skagit

722
00:44:36,543 --> 00:44:41,915
for the 1990 flooding, so
it was heavily personal for her.

723
00:44:41,915 --> 00:44:43,784
Erika Schultz reported
on the impacts

724
00:44:43,784 --> 00:44:47,254
to farm workers at
this Skagit Valley organization

725
00:44:47,254 --> 00:44:50,290
that translated flood alerts
for non-English speakers

726
00:44:50,290 --> 00:44:51,992
and made hotel reservations

727
00:44:51,992 --> 00:44:55,863
for families to get out of
the floodplain.

728
00:44:55,863 --> 00:44:59,466
Ivy Ceballo found the helpers
at an emergency shelter

729
00:44:59,466 --> 00:45:01,835
for people and pets
in Mount Vernon

730
00:45:01,835 --> 00:45:04,471
as 70,000 people were
under evacuation orders

731
00:45:04,471 --> 00:45:08,876
in the Skagit floodplain.
Throughout the flooding,

732
00:45:08,876 --> 00:45:10,911
aerial photography was essential

733
00:45:10,911 --> 00:45:16,049
to be able to show the scope
and scale of the destruction.

734
00:45:16,049 --> 00:45:17,818
Of the staff's
nine photographers,

735
00:45:17,818 --> 00:45:19,853
we have six drone pilots.

736
00:45:19,853 --> 00:45:21,788
They launched
from multiple locations

737
00:45:21,788 --> 00:45:25,692
during the nearly two-week
coverage period.

738
00:45:25,692 --> 00:45:27,461
On Thursday,

739
00:45:27,461 --> 00:45:29,463
December 11th, we anticipated
the worst flooding

740
00:45:29,463 --> 00:45:33,000
and planned to take advantage
of a break in cloud cover

741
00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:35,936
to send Nick Wagner up
in a helicopter.

742
00:45:35,936 --> 00:45:38,005
From the air,

743
00:45:38,005 --> 00:45:40,574
we could finally get places on
eyes like Carnation and Duvall

744
00:45:40,574 --> 00:45:44,711
where road closures made
it truly inaccessible.

745
00:45:44,711 --> 00:45:46,780
From the helicopter,

746
00:45:46,780 --> 00:45:51,285
Nick shot photos of a swollen
Snoqualmie Falls on his camera

747
00:45:51,285 --> 00:45:53,453
and filmed video of it
on his phone.

748
00:45:56,590 --> 00:46:04,398
♪♪

749
00:46:04,398 --> 00:46:12,172
♪♪

750
00:46:14,942 --> 00:46:19,046
He texted the video to our
video editor, Akash Pamarthy,

751
00:46:19,046 --> 00:46:21,982
who posted it on live updates
and social media

752
00:46:21,982 --> 00:46:25,118
where it got 3 million views.

753
00:46:25,118 --> 00:46:29,156
Nick's images showed us
the sheer scale of the landscape

754
00:46:29,156 --> 00:46:32,860
and the raw power
of the currents.

755
00:46:32,860 --> 00:46:34,695
On Friday,

756
00:46:34,695 --> 00:46:36,663
Ellen Banner headed out to
the Gages Slough in Burlington

757
00:46:36,663 --> 00:46:41,168
where residents were evacuating
creatures great and small.

758
00:46:41,168 --> 00:46:43,203
Families like Monica Mendez's
woke up

759
00:46:43,203 --> 00:46:48,709
to find water rushing in the
lower levels of their houses.

760
00:46:48,709 --> 00:46:51,478
Karen Ducey found
dad Mario Rincon holding

761
00:46:51,478 --> 00:46:53,647
his two-year-old son, Daniel,

762
00:46:53,647 --> 00:46:59,653
outside their home in Burlington
which was surrounded by water.

763
00:46:59,653 --> 00:47:01,321
At the end of the first week,

764
00:47:01,321 --> 00:47:03,457
some of the rivers
started to recede

765
00:47:03,457 --> 00:47:07,127
and residents returned
to consider the damage.

766
00:47:07,127 --> 00:47:11,965
Kevin Clark found businesses
in Sultan cleaning up the mess.

767
00:47:11,965 --> 00:47:14,668
Jenny Buchanan found
people in Skagit County

768
00:47:14,668 --> 00:47:16,904
making light of a bad situation.

769
00:47:16,904 --> 00:47:19,773
Apologies to public health
for this image.

770
00:47:19,773 --> 00:47:23,076
Don't try this at home.

771
00:47:23,076 --> 00:47:24,678
I mean,
when the water comes to you,

772
00:47:24,678 --> 00:47:27,181
why not jet ski
in your front yard?

773
00:47:29,449 --> 00:47:31,318
Many residents breathed
a sigh of relief

774
00:47:31,318 --> 00:47:33,987
that some of the worst
had passed.

775
00:47:33,987 --> 00:47:38,058
But in the following week,
the threat moved south.

776
00:47:38,058 --> 00:47:39,426
On Monday,

777
00:47:39,426 --> 00:47:41,361
the Green River in Tukwila

778
00:47:41,361 --> 00:47:44,965
breached a packed earth levee
in an industrial area.

779
00:47:44,965 --> 00:47:48,168
Phones lit up with a flash
flood warning from the county,

780
00:47:48,168 --> 00:47:53,106
putting residents on high alert
and snarling roads.

781
00:47:53,106 --> 00:47:54,908
Ellen Banner and Erika Schultz

782
00:47:54,908 --> 00:47:57,144
took the lead
on South King County flooding,

783
00:47:57,144 --> 00:47:59,246
fanning out in Pacific, Auburn,

784
00:47:59,246 --> 00:48:03,283
and Kent as
industrial zones and homes alike

785
00:48:03,283 --> 00:48:06,887
were inundated with water.

786
00:48:06,887 --> 00:48:09,656
Ellen found these neighbors
who heard about stranded dogs

787
00:48:09,656 --> 00:48:14,428
on Facebook and came
to the rescue in Pacific.

788
00:48:14,428 --> 00:48:17,297
Erika found residents
like Trevor Sturt in Auburn

789
00:48:17,297 --> 00:48:19,066
who surveyed the damage

790
00:48:19,066 --> 00:48:20,400
and helped his neighbors
clear up the wreckage.

791
00:48:23,537 --> 00:48:25,105
For many folks,

792
00:48:25,105 --> 00:48:27,107
like his neighbor,
Michael Aubrey,

793
00:48:27,107 --> 00:48:31,578
the worry about permanent damage
to their homes was overwhelming.

794
00:48:33,881 --> 00:48:35,883
Residents in Pacific

795
00:48:35,883 --> 00:48:38,685
continue to deal with the
long-term damage from flooding

796
00:48:38,685 --> 00:48:40,320
and have yet to receive any type

797
00:48:40,320 --> 00:48:42,422
of federal funding
for the cleanup.

798
00:48:45,526 --> 00:48:48,195
Currently, there's
no long-term fix for the failure

799
00:48:48,195 --> 00:48:50,297
that caused it
in the first place.

800
00:48:50,297 --> 00:48:52,533
And as we continue
to cover this story,

801
00:48:52,533 --> 00:48:54,368
photographer Erika Schultz
is working

802
00:48:54,368 --> 00:48:56,370
with the Climate Lab team

803
00:48:56,370 --> 00:48:59,306
to keep following the families
impacted by this flooding

804
00:48:59,306 --> 00:49:01,308
as they rebuild their lives.

805
00:49:01,308 --> 00:49:04,411
Look for those stories soon.
Thanks to everyone

806
00:49:04,411 --> 00:49:07,714
who contributed
to this important story.

807
00:49:07,714 --> 00:49:10,651
[ Applause ]

808
00:49:18,625 --> 00:49:20,394
The next presenter I have
the honor

809
00:49:20,394 --> 00:49:25,098
of introducing is Ivy Ceballo.
Ivy came to the Seattle Times

810
00:49:25,098 --> 00:49:28,368
two years ago after building
an impressive portfolio

811
00:49:28,368 --> 00:49:32,105
at the Tampa Bay Times
in her home state of Florida.

812
00:49:32,105 --> 00:49:36,343
Ivy's photographic voice is
imbued with her love for light,

813
00:49:36,343 --> 00:49:39,146
color, and an
almost telepathic connection

814
00:49:39,146 --> 00:49:41,181
with the people that she meets.

815
00:49:41,181 --> 00:49:46,587
She's also, like me, one of the
biggest Bad Bunny fans around.

816
00:49:46,587 --> 00:49:47,988
Give it up for Ivy.

817
00:49:47,988 --> 00:49:51,058
[ Applause ]

818
00:50:00,834 --> 00:50:02,402
-Thanks so much, Bettina.

819
00:50:04,571 --> 00:50:07,508
We're really lucky on staff
to know

820
00:50:07,508 --> 00:50:11,278
that you have our backs
when we're out on the field.

821
00:50:11,278 --> 00:50:15,082
Yeah.

822
00:50:15,082 --> 00:50:17,217
Good evening.

823
00:50:17,217 --> 00:50:19,853
I am grateful to be here
with you all tonight sharing

824
00:50:19,853 --> 00:50:23,423
and learning from my colleagues
together in this public space.

825
00:50:26,059 --> 00:50:28,929
Sorry about that. Good evening.

826
00:50:28,929 --> 00:50:31,098
I'm grateful to be here
with you all tonight sharing

827
00:50:31,098 --> 00:50:34,601
and learning from my colleagues
together in this public space.

828
00:50:34,601 --> 00:50:36,470
Thank you for supporting
our work.

829
00:50:36,470 --> 00:50:39,373
Local journalism matters
now more than ever,

830
00:50:39,373 --> 00:50:41,341
and it means so much to us

831
00:50:41,341 --> 00:50:44,711
that people care about the
stories we help convey visually.

832
00:50:44,711 --> 00:50:48,182
Moving to Seattle to join
the Times almost two years ago

833
00:50:48,182 --> 00:50:50,918
wasn't the first time I left
the palm trees and sunshine

834
00:50:50,918 --> 00:50:54,454
of my home state of Florida
to wander westward.

835
00:50:54,454 --> 00:50:55,689
If you're on the internet,

836
00:50:55,689 --> 00:50:57,591
this January,

837
00:50:57,591 --> 00:50:59,159
you've seen people flood
social media with photographs

838
00:50:59,159 --> 00:51:00,294
from a decade ago.

839
00:51:00,294 --> 00:51:01,428
Bear with me

840
00:51:01,428 --> 00:51:03,330
as we follow the trend

841
00:51:03,330 --> 00:51:07,501
through my extremely
nonlinear photography journey.

842
00:51:07,501 --> 00:51:10,604
I bought my first DSLR camera
when I was 18

843
00:51:10,604 --> 00:51:12,706
and impressionable.

844
00:51:12,706 --> 00:51:15,375
But it wasn't until transferring
out of military college

845
00:51:15,375 --> 00:51:18,478
in Vermont, living in Brazil,

846
00:51:18,478 --> 00:51:20,714
moving back to Florida
where I worked at a zoo

847
00:51:20,714 --> 00:51:23,350
while going to
journalism school,

848
00:51:23,350 --> 00:51:26,486
landing a summer internship
opportunity in Salt Lake City

849
00:51:26,486 --> 00:51:28,989
that turned into a job
with the Deseret News

850
00:51:28,989 --> 00:51:33,527
when I actually could picture
myself doing this full time.

851
00:51:33,527 --> 00:51:35,629
I went back to school
for photojournalism

852
00:51:35,629 --> 00:51:37,464
at Western Kentucky University

853
00:51:37,464 --> 00:51:41,635
and started building
my photography portfolio.

854
00:51:41,635 --> 00:51:47,140
Since photographing this scene
then and throughout my career,

855
00:51:47,140 --> 00:51:48,909
I've learned three insights

856
00:51:48,909 --> 00:51:52,846
that help me portray
intimate storytelling.

857
00:51:52,846 --> 00:51:54,915
The importance of being present,

858
00:51:54,915 --> 00:51:57,317
building trust with whom
I photograph,

859
00:51:57,317 --> 00:52:00,287
and getting comfortable
with being uncomfortable.

860
00:52:00,287 --> 00:52:03,056
I'm still working on being ready
for the weather on assignment,

861
00:52:03,056 --> 00:52:04,925
among so many other things.

862
00:52:07,227 --> 00:52:09,730
When I was still a student
in 2016,

863
00:52:09,730 --> 00:52:12,065
I got to shadow
a Tampa Bay Times reporter

864
00:52:12,065 --> 00:52:14,034
for a journalism class

865
00:52:14,034 --> 00:52:16,937
at the University of South
Florida St. Petersburg on a day

866
00:52:16,937 --> 00:52:19,640
that a then-presidential
candidate was scheduled

867
00:52:19,640 --> 00:52:22,209
to have a rally in Tampa.

868
00:52:22,209 --> 00:52:24,178
I brought my first camera
with me

869
00:52:24,178 --> 00:52:27,214
and saw a photojournalist
at work for the first time.

870
00:52:27,214 --> 00:52:29,016
I remember finding myself
in the middle

871
00:52:29,016 --> 00:52:31,351
of a heated exchange
between the groups

872
00:52:31,351 --> 00:52:34,421
with my first DSLR camera
next to someone

873
00:52:34,421 --> 00:52:37,291
who would later become
my dear coworker and mentor

874
00:52:37,291 --> 00:52:39,259
with his professional cameras

875
00:52:39,259 --> 00:52:42,563
as the groups confronted
one another.

876
00:52:42,563 --> 00:52:46,166
Dirk Shadd was moving
around the scene like a pro,

877
00:52:46,166 --> 00:52:47,768
and when we got circled in,

878
00:52:47,768 --> 00:52:51,538
he cautiously warned me,
plan your exit.

879
00:52:51,538 --> 00:52:55,008
Dirk is on the left here.

880
00:52:55,008 --> 00:52:57,644
The young woman
in the photograph, Liz Acevedo,

881
00:52:57,644 --> 00:52:59,713
shouted to the crowd,

882
00:52:59,713 --> 00:53:03,650
if the American dream is to be
racist, then I don't want it.

883
00:53:03,650 --> 00:53:05,519
I got goosebumps,

884
00:53:05,519 --> 00:53:08,121
and her words still ring
when I remember that scene.

885
00:53:08,121 --> 00:53:11,058
It was a marking experience
for me as a student

886
00:53:11,058 --> 00:53:12,926
who was still figuring out

887
00:53:12,926 --> 00:53:15,629
where I was headed
as an aspiring documentarian.

888
00:53:17,931 --> 00:53:19,666
Last year in West Seattle,

889
00:53:19,666 --> 00:53:23,103
I saw a familiar scene
along Alki Avenue

890
00:53:23,103 --> 00:53:26,773
as protesters reacted to
Seattle police officers making

891
00:53:26,773 --> 00:53:28,742
two arrests during a protest

892
00:53:28,742 --> 00:53:32,613
against Immigration and Customs
Enforcement deportations.

893
00:53:32,613 --> 00:53:35,015
I think what makes
this image powerful

894
00:53:35,015 --> 00:53:37,584
is the expression
on the young woman's face.

895
00:53:37,584 --> 00:53:41,221
I want to make photographs
that people can hear, feel.

896
00:53:41,221 --> 00:53:42,923
Those are the kind of pictures

897
00:53:42,923 --> 00:53:46,593
that evoke emotion for me
when I see them.

898
00:53:46,593 --> 00:53:48,462
Being present on assignment,

899
00:53:48,462 --> 00:53:50,964
whether that is a news story
or a sports feature,

900
00:53:50,964 --> 00:53:53,133
involves tapping
into a combination

901
00:53:53,133 --> 00:53:55,969
of anticipatory spidey senses

902
00:53:55,969 --> 00:53:59,840
that I believe all photographers
have, and good luck.

903
00:53:59,840 --> 00:54:02,743
While waiting for the
Seattle Mariners ALDS game five

904
00:54:02,743 --> 00:54:06,146
to end already because we
were coming up on our deadline,

905
00:54:06,146 --> 00:54:08,415
I scanned the crowd
and spotted someone

906
00:54:08,415 --> 00:54:11,118
who appeared to be
a diehard Mariners fan.

907
00:54:11,118 --> 00:54:13,320
I didn't see his My Oh My banner

908
00:54:13,320 --> 00:54:15,489
before I saw him bury
his head in his hand

909
00:54:15,489 --> 00:54:19,293
and start crying tears of joy
after the 15th inning walk-off

910
00:54:19,293 --> 00:54:21,828
that sent his Mariners
to the ALCS.

911
00:54:25,599 --> 00:54:28,869
Too often, we find ourselves
at memorial ceremonies

912
00:54:28,869 --> 00:54:31,205
that can be difficult
to photograph.

913
00:54:31,205 --> 00:54:32,739
Being present during
these events

914
00:54:32,739 --> 00:54:34,208
and aware of respecting those

915
00:54:34,208 --> 00:54:35,943
who are grieving
their loved ones

916
00:54:35,943 --> 00:54:38,879
becomes the main priority for us
as journalists.

917
00:54:38,879 --> 00:54:41,248
When we need to document
these services,

918
00:54:41,248 --> 00:54:46,286
the anniversary of 13-year-old
Jayda Woods-Johnson being shot

919
00:54:46,286 --> 00:54:47,888
and killed at Alderwood Mall

920
00:54:47,888 --> 00:54:50,457
was held
at Mukilteo Lighthouse Park,

921
00:54:50,457 --> 00:54:52,326
where her family and friends,

922
00:54:52,326 --> 00:54:55,329
many starting high school soon,
remembered her life.

923
00:54:55,329 --> 00:54:57,431
When I saw Jada's
friends encourage each other

924
00:54:57,431 --> 00:54:58,999
to jump in the water,

925
00:54:58,999 --> 00:55:00,734
I knew I wanted to photograph
a silhouette

926
00:55:00,734 --> 00:55:03,203
to help illustrate the mood
of this moment.

927
00:55:03,203 --> 00:55:04,938
The girls were so full of life

928
00:55:04,938 --> 00:55:07,040
but also living with the reality

929
00:55:07,040 --> 00:55:09,343
that their friend's
life was taken abruptly,

930
00:55:09,343 --> 00:55:10,911
stopped too soon.

931
00:55:12,746 --> 00:55:14,515
Nine-year-old Kira,

932
00:55:14,515 --> 00:55:17,484
whose mother said Jayda was
their neighbor and friend,

933
00:55:17,484 --> 00:55:19,486
ate ice cream nearby

934
00:55:19,486 --> 00:55:22,823
while wearing the color red
and bracelets in Jada's memory.

935
00:55:22,823 --> 00:55:25,292
Kira loved Jada,
her mom told me.

936
00:55:25,292 --> 00:55:27,494
The contrast between
a child eating ice cream

937
00:55:27,494 --> 00:55:29,663
and what her accessories
symbolized in honor

938
00:55:29,663 --> 00:55:32,766
of their friend who died
from gun violence struck me

939
00:55:32,766 --> 00:55:34,668
when I photographed
this detail image

940
00:55:34,668 --> 00:55:36,904
during the memorial service.

941
00:55:36,904 --> 00:55:39,506
I asked Kira what was on
the other side of her bracelet,

942
00:55:39,506 --> 00:55:42,009
and she said the abbreviation
for LLJ

943
00:55:42,009 --> 00:55:43,844
stood for Long Live Jada.

944
00:55:46,413 --> 00:55:48,348
Times reporter Lauren Girgis

945
00:55:48,348 --> 00:55:51,652
and I went to an emotional
sentencing in the murder case

946
00:55:51,652 --> 00:55:55,055
where a community activist,
23-year-old Elijah Lewis,

947
00:55:55,055 --> 00:55:59,159
was killed and his nine-year-old
nephew injured by Patrick Cooney

948
00:55:59,159 --> 00:56:00,861
in a road rage encounter
on their way

949
00:56:00,861 --> 00:56:03,797
to celebrate Lewis'
nephew's birthday.

950
00:56:03,797 --> 00:56:06,200
Lauren quoted Elijah's sister
and the boy's mother,

951
00:56:06,200 --> 00:56:07,901
Quincy Dunham,

952
00:56:07,901 --> 00:56:09,536
whose profound words
directed at Cooney

953
00:56:09,536 --> 00:56:11,972
pierced my heart
during the sentencing.

954
00:56:11,972 --> 00:56:15,976
He was our promise,
a promise of change, of hope,

955
00:56:15,976 --> 00:56:18,579
of a future that would
have reshaped the very fabric

956
00:56:18,579 --> 00:56:20,581
of this city,

957
00:56:20,581 --> 00:56:24,117
and you extinguished that light
without a shred of humanity.

958
00:56:24,117 --> 00:56:26,119
I watched Elijah's
family and community

959
00:56:26,119 --> 00:56:29,723
members process this difficult
sentencing that ultimately

960
00:56:29,723 --> 00:56:33,760
wouldn't bring another young
black man back home.

961
00:56:33,760 --> 00:56:36,663
I think this image shows the
heartache and collective grief

962
00:56:36,663 --> 00:56:38,298
that community members
experience

963
00:56:38,298 --> 00:56:41,702
in the courtroom that day.
I stood back

964
00:56:41,702 --> 00:56:44,137
and used a telephoto lens
to make this image.

965
00:56:46,907 --> 00:56:49,810
I got to visit
the final day of a summer camp

966
00:56:49,810 --> 00:56:51,612
by Girls Braids Club

967
00:56:51,612 --> 00:56:54,348
where students completed
a free braiding course

968
00:56:54,348 --> 00:56:56,917
at the REC Auburn Teen Center.

969
00:56:56,917 --> 00:56:59,753
Eleven-year-old Aria
is looking to her mom

970
00:56:59,753 --> 00:57:04,291
after being named
Most Improved Braider.

971
00:57:04,291 --> 00:57:06,126
The founder, Chinny Durueke,

972
00:57:06,126 --> 00:57:08,462
reminded the girls
that braiding helped her pay for

973
00:57:08,462 --> 00:57:11,198
college and postgraduate
schooling.

974
00:57:11,198 --> 00:57:14,334
She started the club to empower
young girls in their hair care

975
00:57:14,334 --> 00:57:16,970
to alleviate financial stress
for their parents

976
00:57:16,970 --> 00:57:19,640
by helping the girls gain the
confidence to do their own hair

977
00:57:19,640 --> 00:57:24,444
and give them the foundations
of a profitable skill.

978
00:57:24,444 --> 00:57:27,314
Building trust is such
an important part of our jobs,

979
00:57:27,314 --> 00:57:30,584
especially when
we're covering sensitive topics.

980
00:57:30,584 --> 00:57:32,719
Times immigration reporter
Nina Shapiro

981
00:57:32,719 --> 00:57:35,355
and I worked on a story
about a community

982
00:57:35,355 --> 00:57:37,824
of migrants living
at a former hotel

983
00:57:37,824 --> 00:57:39,626
that Thrive International
turned into

984
00:57:39,626 --> 00:57:42,062
permanent transitional housing.

985
00:57:42,062 --> 00:57:45,098
The families are seeking asylum
in the US

986
00:57:45,098 --> 00:57:46,900
while the president
and his administration

987
00:57:46,900 --> 00:57:49,970
carry out their
mass deportation agenda.

988
00:57:49,970 --> 00:57:52,506
I didn't know Bopi
the seahorse could fly,

989
00:57:52,506 --> 00:57:55,909
I remember telling Blanca's
daughter in Spanish.

990
00:57:55,909 --> 00:57:59,012
I am drawn to stories that shed
light on systemic issues

991
00:57:59,012 --> 00:58:01,582
and celebrate
cultural diversity.

992
00:58:01,582 --> 00:58:04,618
I appreciated the conversations
with my editors and colleagues

993
00:58:04,618 --> 00:58:10,090
as we navigated this assignment
during this difficult time.

994
00:58:10,090 --> 00:58:12,826
It's important
to have the luxury of time

995
00:58:12,826 --> 00:58:14,394
to connect with folks

996
00:58:14,394 --> 00:58:15,796
and build trust
as a stranger coming

997
00:58:15,796 --> 00:58:18,165
into their lives with a camera.

998
00:58:18,165 --> 00:58:20,200
I think about if someone were
to ask me

999
00:58:20,200 --> 00:58:23,036
if they could come into my home
and photograph me,

1000
00:58:23,036 --> 00:58:27,107
how would I feel about that
and want to be treated?

1001
00:58:27,107 --> 00:58:29,042
This photo is
from my first semester

1002
00:58:29,042 --> 00:58:31,678
as a photojournalism student.

1003
00:58:31,678 --> 00:58:34,348
I visited an organization
in Kentucky

1004
00:58:34,348 --> 00:58:37,117
serving families resettling
in the US

1005
00:58:37,117 --> 00:58:39,786
and they connected me
with this family from Myanmar

1006
00:58:39,786 --> 00:58:42,456
who was willing
to share their experience.

1007
00:58:42,456 --> 00:58:46,126
We met prior to this at
the center with an interpreter

1008
00:58:46,126 --> 00:58:48,061
who spoke their native language.

1009
00:58:48,061 --> 00:58:50,130
But on the day
we planned for a home visit,

1010
00:58:50,130 --> 00:58:52,699
the interpreter could
not be there in person

1011
00:58:52,699 --> 00:58:55,269
so they helped us communicate
briefly on the phone

1012
00:58:55,269 --> 00:58:58,305
when I arrived
and then we did our best.

1013
00:58:58,305 --> 00:59:00,207
The photo holds
a special place in my heart

1014
00:59:00,207 --> 00:59:02,776
because I remember thinking
after I left this

1015
00:59:02,776 --> 00:59:05,812
is what I want to do
the rest of my life.

1016
00:59:05,812 --> 00:59:08,182
During the visit I played hide
and seek with Sam,

1017
00:59:08,182 --> 00:59:09,917
the three-year-old laying
on the couch,

1018
00:59:09,917 --> 00:59:12,486
and his mom who laughed
when he found me hiding

1019
00:59:12,486 --> 00:59:15,389
behind their shower curtain.

1020
00:59:15,389 --> 00:59:17,958
Afterwards they let
me photograph what a day

1021
00:59:17,958 --> 00:59:19,793
in their life looked like

1022
00:59:19,793 --> 00:59:21,695
and showed me
a precious photo album,

1023
00:59:21,695 --> 00:59:23,497
one of the few
personal belongings

1024
00:59:23,497 --> 00:59:26,834
they had brought with them
from back home.

1025
00:59:26,834 --> 00:59:28,569
The photo reminds me to try

1026
00:59:28,569 --> 00:59:31,038
and maintain an approach
of childlike wonder

1027
00:59:31,038 --> 00:59:34,141
and have fun when we get to be
in situations like this.

1028
00:59:36,643 --> 00:59:40,280
I think what makes us capable
of making intimate photographs

1029
00:59:40,280 --> 00:59:43,851
is often being comfortable
being uncomfortable.

1030
00:59:43,851 --> 00:59:45,853
I met this family with Nina
again

1031
00:59:45,853 --> 00:59:50,657
and our colleague data reporter
Manuel Villa my first year here.

1032
00:59:50,657 --> 00:59:53,760
Nina wrote about the journeys of
several asylum-seeking families

1033
00:59:53,760 --> 00:59:56,029
who had gone
from finding refuge at churches

1034
00:59:56,029 --> 01:00:00,734
or being outside to
temporarily living at this hotel

1035
01:00:00,734 --> 01:00:03,036
with the support
of Thrive International

1036
01:00:03,036 --> 01:00:05,305
before the organization
could purchase a permanent

1037
01:00:05,305 --> 01:00:07,608
transitional housing site.

1038
01:00:07,608 --> 01:00:09,510
I saw the mirror in the room
across from

1039
01:00:09,510 --> 01:00:11,812
where my colleagues
were interviewing the couple.

1040
01:00:11,812 --> 01:00:14,882
At first I photographed mom
in the reflection

1041
01:00:14,882 --> 01:00:17,718
as she was tending
to their daughter in her arms

1042
01:00:17,718 --> 01:00:19,753
and I was waiting for a moment
where

1043
01:00:19,753 --> 01:00:22,489
the small family would appear
in the reflection together.

1044
01:00:22,489 --> 01:00:24,291
The young parents faced
each other

1045
01:00:24,291 --> 01:00:26,693
when he took this call
from a service provider

1046
01:00:26,693 --> 01:00:28,428
during a break in our interview

1047
01:00:28,428 --> 01:00:30,497
and that's
when I made this picture.

1048
01:00:30,497 --> 01:00:33,767
I hope readers can feel their
sense of worry and uncertainty

1049
01:00:33,767 --> 01:00:35,636
about the future.

1050
01:00:35,636 --> 01:00:39,306
They risked their lives in hopes
to provide a better life

1051
01:00:39,306 --> 01:00:41,074
for the baby they were expecting

1052
01:00:41,074 --> 01:00:43,410
when they fled hardships
in Venezuela.

1053
01:00:45,679 --> 01:00:48,315
Pop-up
market Aqui Mercado pressed on

1054
01:00:48,315 --> 01:00:51,185
in creating a safe space
for the LGBTQ+

1055
01:00:51,185 --> 01:00:54,054
and Latino community
to gather over the summer

1056
01:00:54,054 --> 01:00:56,623
on Pier 62 along the waterfront

1057
01:00:56,623 --> 01:00:59,660
despite the looming ice fears
in the region

1058
01:00:59,660 --> 01:01:02,095
and across the country.

1059
01:01:02,095 --> 01:01:06,400
Local artist Edgar Martinez
of Line Marker screen printing

1060
01:01:06,400 --> 01:01:09,636
helps a visitor screenprint
a poster of the event.

1061
01:01:09,636 --> 01:01:12,072
The name Aqui sends
a clear message

1062
01:01:12,072 --> 01:01:15,309
that the community is here
in Spanish.

1063
01:01:15,309 --> 01:01:16,577
In these tough times,

1064
01:01:16,577 --> 01:01:18,345
being here makes me feel

1065
01:01:18,345 --> 01:01:20,380
like I can still come
together as a community,

1066
01:01:20,380 --> 01:01:23,650
Alyssa Castillo said about
the welcoming atmosphere helping

1067
01:01:23,650 --> 01:01:27,154
her feel a sense of belonging
and visibility.

1068
01:01:27,154 --> 01:01:31,825
It's a form of protesting,
celebrating through it all.

1069
01:01:31,825 --> 01:01:34,595
Husbands Daniel and
Ismael Calderon

1070
01:01:34,595 --> 01:01:36,530
who organized the event
and are co-owners

1071
01:01:36,530 --> 01:01:39,833
of Capitol Hill's
Bonito Cafe y Mercadito,

1072
01:01:39,833 --> 01:01:42,803
a coffee shop born
from the small pop-up market

1073
01:01:42,803 --> 01:01:44,938
that started in 2024,

1074
01:01:44,938 --> 01:01:48,475
said they counted thousands
of visitors in attendance.

1075
01:01:48,475 --> 01:01:51,879
An ensemble of musicians
played Mexican regional music

1076
01:01:51,879 --> 01:01:56,049
as the sun set that evening
and dancers let go to the music.

1077
01:02:00,087 --> 01:02:02,956
Seattle's
Teen Summer Musical celebrated

1078
01:02:02,956 --> 01:02:06,059
a 25th anniversary milestone
last year.

1079
01:02:06,059 --> 01:02:08,028
Here, 14-year-old Soraya,

1080
01:02:08,028 --> 01:02:10,464
who played one of the crows
in The Wiz,

1081
01:02:10,464 --> 01:02:12,633
an adaptation of The Wizard
of Oz,

1082
01:02:12,633 --> 01:02:15,068
shares a moment
with her little sister Royal

1083
01:02:15,068 --> 01:02:17,604
and their mother
during a community barbecue

1084
01:02:17,604 --> 01:02:20,073
at Langston Hughes
Performing Arts Institute

1085
01:02:20,073 --> 01:02:22,176
before the show's premiere.

1086
01:02:22,176 --> 01:02:24,778
Times arts and culture
writer Gemma Wilson wrote

1087
01:02:24,778 --> 01:02:26,613
that the show's production,

1088
01:02:26,613 --> 01:02:28,715
managed by the co-founders
of local theater company

1089
01:02:28,715 --> 01:02:31,251
Acts on Stage and City Partners,

1090
01:02:31,251 --> 01:02:33,887
actually pay the young creatives
a stipend as part

1091
01:02:33,887 --> 01:02:35,689
of the arts summer program

1092
01:02:35,689 --> 01:02:40,093
with a 76-person cast
of kids ages 9 to 18.

1093
01:02:40,093 --> 01:02:41,962
The non-profit Acts on Stage

1094
01:02:41,962 --> 01:02:44,231
is dedicated to increasing
access and opportunity

1095
01:02:44,231 --> 01:02:48,735
to artists of color
and activists of faith.

1096
01:02:48,735 --> 01:02:51,438
When we prioritize
holding space for our neighbors,

1097
01:02:51,438 --> 01:02:53,207
an effort to learn about

1098
01:02:53,207 --> 01:02:54,842
and begin to understand
their human experience

1099
01:02:54,842 --> 01:02:57,678
a little better,
listen to one another,

1100
01:02:57,678 --> 01:03:00,681
become genuinely interested
in their day-to-day life,

1101
01:03:00,681 --> 01:03:04,618
and what is important to them
regardless of age or ability,

1102
01:03:04,618 --> 01:03:08,922
race, ethnicity,
sexual orientation,

1103
01:03:08,922 --> 01:03:10,757
and gender identity,

1104
01:03:10,757 --> 01:03:13,594
we become better caretakers
of our stories.

1105
01:03:16,663 --> 01:03:18,665
At some point along the way,

1106
01:03:18,665 --> 01:03:22,369
it clicked that what I value
most about this special gig

1107
01:03:22,369 --> 01:03:24,371
is the connection
we can make with the people

1108
01:03:24,371 --> 01:03:28,876
we get to meet when cameras are
down at my side or put away.

1109
01:03:28,876 --> 01:03:30,777
In the day-to-day,

1110
01:03:30,777 --> 01:03:32,713
when trying to meet
a deadline for a photo package

1111
01:03:32,713 --> 01:03:34,615
or go to the next assignment

1112
01:03:34,615 --> 01:03:37,217
because we get used to
the fast-moving news cycle,

1113
01:03:37,217 --> 01:03:40,988
that can be easy to forget.
Working on this piece about Port

1114
01:03:40,988 --> 01:03:43,190
of Seattle
Commissioner Hamdi Mohamed

1115
01:03:43,190 --> 01:03:45,792
with my colleague
Times reporter Dan Beekman,

1116
01:03:45,792 --> 01:03:47,561
who covers politics
and communities,

1117
01:03:47,561 --> 01:03:51,031
reminded me of that.
We listened to Director Mohamed

1118
01:03:51,031 --> 01:03:53,700
as she shared how she was
balancing her responsibilities,

1119
01:03:53,700 --> 01:03:55,135
the federal government's

1120
01:03:55,135 --> 01:03:56,737
immigration enforcement agenda

1121
01:03:56,737 --> 01:03:59,339
as a Somali-American
city leader.

1122
01:03:59,339 --> 01:04:03,043
Her family built their lives
here after arriving as refugees.

1123
01:04:03,043 --> 01:04:05,779
She told us her mother
started carrying her US passport

1124
01:04:05,779 --> 01:04:07,514
in her purse this year,

1125
01:04:07,514 --> 01:04:10,617
although a long-time
naturalized US citizen.

1126
01:04:10,617 --> 01:04:12,519
When we interviewed her,

1127
01:04:12,519 --> 01:04:14,721
I could relate as a daughter
of immigrant parents,

1128
01:04:14,721 --> 01:04:18,025
who was also born
in my parents' native land.

1129
01:04:18,025 --> 01:04:20,627
I carry her stories
and her values in the way

1130
01:04:20,627 --> 01:04:23,730
that I do my work,
Mohamed said of her mother,

1131
01:04:23,730 --> 01:04:26,600
who fled civil wars in Somalia
to Kenya

1132
01:04:26,600 --> 01:04:28,335
with their children

1133
01:04:28,335 --> 01:04:31,939
before immigrating
to the United States.

1134
01:04:31,939 --> 01:04:34,875
Being human is so important.

1135
01:04:34,875 --> 01:04:36,910
Being able to see
that we have more in common

1136
01:04:36,910 --> 01:04:39,112
than what meets the eye.

1137
01:04:39,112 --> 01:04:42,816
Exercising our humanity
right now feels urgent,

1138
01:04:42,816 --> 01:04:44,718
as we look to the future

1139
01:04:44,718 --> 01:04:47,788
and think about where
we are headed 10 years from now.

1140
01:04:47,788 --> 01:04:49,523
Thank you to the members
of our community

1141
01:04:49,523 --> 01:04:51,792
who welcomed us in their spaces,

1142
01:04:51,792 --> 01:04:54,161
entrusted us to share
their stories,

1143
01:04:54,161 --> 01:04:58,398
and document a full range of
human experience this past year.

1144
01:04:58,398 --> 01:05:00,968
Thank you to our readers
for supporting our journalism

1145
01:05:00,968 --> 01:05:03,403
and to my colleagues
for their dedication.

1146
01:05:05,539 --> 01:05:08,342
[ Applause ]

1147
01:05:20,687 --> 01:05:24,558
-Thank you, Ivy.
Amazing. This incredible stuff.

1148
01:05:24,558 --> 01:05:26,760
All three of you,
thank you so much for sharing.

1149
01:05:26,760 --> 01:05:28,128
Before we go to our Q&A,

1150
01:05:28,128 --> 01:05:29,830
I'd like to share with you

1151
01:05:29,830 --> 01:05:31,698
that each
of our photojournalists on staff

1152
01:05:31,698 --> 01:05:33,500
contribute to our video report.

1153
01:05:33,500 --> 01:05:35,469
There's all kinds of ways
that that happens,

1154
01:05:35,469 --> 01:05:37,304
everywhere from somebody
grabbing their cell phone

1155
01:05:37,304 --> 01:05:39,173
out of a helicopter
to somebody actually going

1156
01:05:39,173 --> 01:05:40,841
and enterprising
out their own story

1157
01:05:40,841 --> 01:05:42,843
that they end up collaborating
with.

1158
01:05:42,843 --> 01:05:46,914
So I'd like to show you a little
bit of a sampling of that work.

1159
01:05:49,283 --> 01:05:54,421
♪♪

1160
01:05:54,421 --> 01:05:59,526
♪♪

1161
01:05:59,526 --> 01:06:04,665
♪♪

1162
01:06:04,665 --> 01:06:09,770
♪♪

1163
01:06:09,770 --> 01:06:12,439
-The continent is in motion,
literally.

1164
01:06:12,439 --> 01:06:16,777
The ridges are rising.
The valleys are deepening.

1165
01:06:16,777 --> 01:06:22,282
Nothing is permanent.
Including us.

1166
01:06:22,282 --> 01:06:24,218
-If you can get
a good Honeycrisp,

1167
01:06:24,218 --> 01:06:30,624
it is a stellar piece of fruit.
This collection of music,

1168
01:06:30,624 --> 01:06:33,894
even physically,
still exists, is a miracle.

1169
01:06:33,894 --> 01:06:35,495
These records are
a time capsule.

1170
01:06:35,495 --> 01:06:37,397
They're our stories,

1171
01:06:37,397 --> 01:06:40,167
they are our history,
and they're really a portal

1172
01:06:40,167 --> 01:06:42,536
to be able to open
up conversations.

1173
01:06:42,536 --> 01:06:48,542
♪♪

1174
01:06:48,542 --> 01:06:54,515
♪♪

1175
01:06:54,515 --> 01:07:00,521
♪♪

1176
01:07:00,521 --> 01:07:06,527
♪♪

1177
01:07:06,527 --> 01:07:12,499
♪♪

1178
01:07:12,499 --> 01:07:18,505
♪♪

1179
01:07:18,505 --> 01:07:24,478
♪♪

1180
01:07:24,478 --> 01:07:30,484
♪♪

1181
01:07:30,484 --> 01:07:32,286
-I woke up and
looked at the cameras and went,

1182
01:07:32,286 --> 01:07:35,022
well, this is not good.

1183
01:07:35,022 --> 01:07:37,858
-Because of so many years
being here,

1184
01:07:37,858 --> 01:07:41,595
I thought we were going to be
fine.

1185
01:07:41,595 --> 01:07:43,497
I didn't think you
would need to evacuate.

1186
01:07:43,497 --> 01:07:53,507
♪♪

1187
01:07:55,342 --> 01:07:57,511
-And Akash Pamarthy
for being our

1188
01:07:57,511 --> 01:07:59,513
lead video producer on staff.

1189
01:08:06,253 --> 01:08:08,789
That's the content portion
of our program.

1190
01:08:08,789 --> 01:08:11,692
Thank you so much for
being witness to all of that.

1191
01:08:11,692 --> 01:08:13,427
And at this time,

1192
01:08:13,427 --> 01:08:15,262
I would love to invite
our presenters up

1193
01:08:15,262 --> 01:08:18,665
for a little Q&A panel.

1194
01:08:18,665 --> 01:08:23,270
There should be
microphones floating around.

1195
01:08:23,270 --> 01:08:26,373
If y'all wouldn't mind coming up
and having a seat,

1196
01:08:26,373 --> 01:08:29,109
then we'd love
to answer questions

1197
01:08:29,109 --> 01:08:30,577
that you may have for us.

1198
01:08:30,577 --> 01:08:32,779
We've got about 15 minutes.

1199
01:08:37,618 --> 01:08:39,152
-Hi.

1200
01:08:39,152 --> 01:08:47,160
These pictures are so gloriously
full color and high resolution,

1201
01:08:47,160 --> 01:08:51,365
which are attributes that
neither print nor web has.

1202
01:08:51,365 --> 01:08:52,799
Is that a factor at all

1203
01:08:52,799 --> 01:08:54,568
when you're taking the photo

1204
01:08:54,568 --> 01:08:57,171
or when you're deciding
which photos to run?

1205
01:09:05,779 --> 01:09:07,981
-Is this thing on? Yeah.

1206
01:09:07,981 --> 01:09:11,952
Yeah, so the question was
about resolution.

1207
01:09:11,952 --> 01:09:14,888
Do we consider the resolution
of the image

1208
01:09:14,888 --> 01:09:18,091
when we're making the color,
when we're making the photo?

1209
01:09:18,091 --> 01:09:20,527
I mean, a lot of times,

1210
01:09:20,527 --> 01:09:23,230
speaking
as a former photographer, color,

1211
01:09:23,230 --> 01:09:25,866
light, moment,

1212
01:09:25,866 --> 01:09:28,569
all of those things
draw you to make an image.

1213
01:09:28,569 --> 01:09:30,637
And now that I'm an editor,

1214
01:09:30,637 --> 01:09:33,440
a lot of those things kind of
inform how we play the image.

1215
01:09:33,440 --> 01:09:35,209
So, you know, as a photographer,

1216
01:09:35,209 --> 01:09:38,178
you're always thinking about,
you know,

1217
01:09:38,178 --> 01:09:41,148
how can I make the best
out of what's in front of me.

1218
01:09:41,148 --> 01:09:43,450
And then as an editor,
you kind of think,

1219
01:09:43,450 --> 01:09:49,489
how can I present what I have
in the best way possible.

1220
01:09:49,489 --> 01:09:51,859
So sometimes as a photographer,

1221
01:09:51,859 --> 01:09:56,163
you try to shoot for the place
that the story will go,

1222
01:09:56,163 --> 01:09:57,831
whether that's page one

1223
01:09:57,831 --> 01:09:59,900
or whether that's
a magazine spread.

1224
01:09:59,900 --> 01:10:02,469
I'm trying to get a lot
of visual variety and a lot

1225
01:10:02,469 --> 01:10:06,039
of details to kind of make
a lot of images work together.

1226
01:10:06,039 --> 01:10:08,709
But, yeah,
now that I'm an editor,

1227
01:10:08,709 --> 01:10:11,845
I get to see a great picture
and think, like Fred Nelson,

1228
01:10:11,845 --> 01:10:14,214
you know, how am
I going to get this on page one

1229
01:10:14,214 --> 01:10:16,049
and start working the room?

1230
01:10:16,049 --> 01:10:17,718
I hope
that answers your question.

1231
01:10:20,187 --> 01:10:21,321
-Yes, sir.

1232
01:10:26,093 --> 01:10:29,162
-Looking at your selection
of the best photos,

1233
01:10:29,162 --> 01:10:32,266
there was only one monochrome
out of all of those.

1234
01:10:32,266 --> 01:10:35,669
Is the age
of monochrome photography

1235
01:10:35,669 --> 01:10:38,739
over in the print media?

1236
01:10:38,739 --> 01:10:41,108
Does it just not sell papers?

1237
01:10:41,108 --> 01:10:43,577
-So the question was about
black and white photography,

1238
01:10:43,577 --> 01:10:45,479
monochrome photography.

1239
01:10:45,479 --> 01:10:47,714
Is the age of monochrome dead?

1240
01:10:53,854 --> 01:10:55,622
-I really love black
and white.

1241
01:10:55,622 --> 01:10:59,026
I just think in black
and white the picture is

1242
01:10:59,026 --> 01:11:02,596
totally dependent on
the composition and the light.

1243
01:11:02,596 --> 01:11:05,899
And in color,

1244
01:11:05,899 --> 01:11:07,935
sometimes it doesn't
have to be as good of a picture

1245
01:11:07,935 --> 01:11:09,837
just because the color is
pretty.

1246
01:11:09,837 --> 01:11:13,040
So I think sometimes the
best stuff is black and white.

1247
01:11:13,040 --> 01:11:16,410
But everything we shoot
is now color.

1248
01:11:16,410 --> 01:11:21,048
When I started, everything
we shot was black and white.

1249
01:11:21,048 --> 01:11:23,550
I think people tend
to like color more

1250
01:11:23,550 --> 01:11:25,853
because it's prettier.

1251
01:11:25,853 --> 01:11:27,654
-It is interesting
that that particular photo

1252
01:11:27,654 --> 01:11:30,057
that you mentioned
is very studied.

1253
01:11:30,057 --> 01:11:31,792
It did stand out.

1254
01:11:31,792 --> 01:11:35,429
That was an image
that was part of a set

1255
01:11:35,429 --> 01:11:40,000
that was done as
a photo story by Erika Schultz.

1256
01:11:40,000 --> 01:11:43,237
And, interestingly,

1257
01:11:43,237 --> 01:11:48,542
she had an interest in wanting
to do something photographically

1258
01:11:48,542 --> 01:11:52,479
that would be creative,
challenging,

1259
01:11:52,479 --> 01:11:55,949
something that might refresh
her perspective from the way

1260
01:11:55,949 --> 01:11:58,185
that she does her normal job.

1261
01:11:58,185 --> 01:12:00,954
And so she was searching
for approaches

1262
01:12:00,954 --> 01:12:02,723
that might be
able to refresh that,

1263
01:12:02,723 --> 01:12:04,291
and she had considered
actually doing film.

1264
01:12:04,291 --> 01:12:05,359
And there were a couple
of reasons

1265
01:12:05,359 --> 01:12:07,094
why didn't end up doing film,

1266
01:12:07,094 --> 01:12:10,764
but the idea was look at
this set of pictures

1267
01:12:10,764 --> 01:12:12,733
as something that you
as a photographer

1268
01:12:12,733 --> 01:12:15,269
can dive into your
own creativity,

1269
01:12:15,269 --> 01:12:18,672
kind of stretch into areas
that help.

1270
01:12:18,672 --> 01:12:20,707
She's such a growth-minded
person

1271
01:12:20,707 --> 01:12:22,743
to be able to look for ways

1272
01:12:22,743 --> 01:12:25,879
to continue to experience things
from a different perspective.

1273
01:12:25,879 --> 01:12:28,081
So the entire set was
a beautiful set of black

1274
01:12:28,081 --> 01:12:30,784
and white imagery of women
who skateboard.

1275
01:12:30,784 --> 01:12:32,052
It's called Skate Like a Girl.

1276
01:12:32,052 --> 01:12:33,687
It's a really great set.

1277
01:12:33,687 --> 01:12:37,658
So when I was expanding
our set here,

1278
01:12:37,658 --> 01:12:39,426
I wanted to pick one
of those images

1279
01:12:39,426 --> 01:12:42,429
to be represented in here.

1280
01:12:42,429 --> 01:12:45,365
Hey, Joelle.

1281
01:12:45,365 --> 01:12:47,901
-Hello.
I have a question for everyone.

1282
01:12:47,901 --> 01:12:51,138
Do you have
a dream assignment or story

1283
01:12:51,138 --> 01:12:53,173
that you haven't worked on yet?

1284
01:12:53,173 --> 01:12:54,842
I know Ellen, you're retiring,
and Bettina, you're on the desk,

1285
01:12:54,842 --> 01:12:56,977
but I'm curious
if there's anything

1286
01:12:56,977 --> 01:12:58,979
that you still want to be
able to photograph,

1287
01:12:58,979 --> 01:13:00,280
a dream assignment.

1288
01:13:08,488 --> 01:13:13,060
-I want to get on
the roof of Lumen Field.

1289
01:13:13,060 --> 01:13:16,296
-We'll strap you in up there.

1290
01:13:16,296 --> 01:13:17,731
Sure, freelance it.

1291
01:13:27,708 --> 01:13:35,015
-I would love to just
explore the region a bit more.

1292
01:13:35,015 --> 01:13:42,222
I, yeah, would like
to explore the region,

1293
01:13:42,222 --> 01:13:45,225
go out to the coast
again possibly.

1294
01:13:45,225 --> 01:13:48,095
One of my favorite assignments

1295
01:13:48,095 --> 01:13:55,636
when I first got here
was hanging out with a group

1296
01:13:55,636 --> 01:13:58,739
that went razor clam
hunting on the coast,

1297
01:13:58,739 --> 01:14:03,544
and we got to hang out with them
for a little bit

1298
01:14:03,544 --> 01:14:07,848
and see what that was like.
So just seeing,

1299
01:14:07,848 --> 01:14:12,419
learning more about the culture
in the Pacific Northwest

1300
01:14:12,419 --> 01:14:15,856
and what people enjoy doing.
Yeah.

1301
01:14:15,856 --> 01:14:18,225
-I would love
to pick up a film camera again.

1302
01:14:18,225 --> 01:14:20,093
That's something
I've been really wanting to do

1303
01:14:20,093 --> 01:14:24,765
and did a couple of film
projects here as a photographer.

1304
01:14:24,765 --> 01:14:28,235
I would just love
to get in the darkroom again.

1305
01:14:28,235 --> 01:14:32,372
-I recently got
a Graflex Speed Graphic

1306
01:14:32,372 --> 01:14:34,408
and I've never used
a camera like that and I've

1307
01:14:34,408 --> 01:14:36,410
never actually developed
my own film in the darkroom.

1308
01:14:36,410 --> 01:14:38,378
So it's kind of on
my bucket list of things.

1309
01:14:38,378 --> 01:14:40,981
There's a great photographic
center northwest in town.

1310
01:14:40,981 --> 01:14:42,583
I'd like to take some classes

1311
01:14:42,583 --> 01:14:44,151
and maybe do something
with that.

1312
01:14:58,699 --> 01:15:02,769
-Sometimes I think
it's hard to --

1313
01:15:02,769 --> 01:15:04,671
that's why it's great
to have great editors.

1314
01:15:04,671 --> 01:15:08,208
Because sometimes
you'll take a bunch of pictures

1315
01:15:08,208 --> 01:15:10,277
and one was really hard to get

1316
01:15:10,277 --> 01:15:12,379
and it's just
like you finally got it.

1317
01:15:12,379 --> 01:15:14,348
And so you start thinking
that's the best one

1318
01:15:14,348 --> 01:15:17,117
because you know all the effort
that went into get it.

1319
01:15:17,117 --> 01:15:23,991
And so you can't see it with
fresh eyes [indistinct] no so.

1320
01:15:23,991 --> 01:15:25,859
After all that work, I go,

1321
01:15:25,859 --> 01:15:28,996
but you don't know
what I went through to get it.

1322
01:15:28,996 --> 01:15:32,666
But there's sometimes
when there's just --

1323
01:15:32,666 --> 01:15:34,668
my husband,
he's a great photographer too,

1324
01:15:34,668 --> 01:15:39,273
but he would say don't shoot
a minute, shoot a moment.

1325
01:15:39,273 --> 01:15:43,577
And so it's just like just
catching something that happens

1326
01:15:43,577 --> 01:15:45,779
and then it's gone.

1327
01:15:45,779 --> 01:15:49,683
And it's just like that.
That is just...

1328
01:15:49,683 --> 01:15:53,153
And when you look at your shoot,
it's like yeah, that's the one.

1329
01:16:00,427 --> 01:16:02,629
-Something about the
best picture you've ever taken,

1330
01:16:02,629 --> 01:16:03,864
what does that feel like?

1331
01:16:08,535 --> 01:16:14,241
-I just think a picture
that...I love capturing moments,

1332
01:16:14,241 --> 01:16:20,747
and when you can just feel,

1333
01:16:20,747 --> 01:16:23,450
connect to what the person
is going through in the image

1334
01:16:23,450 --> 01:16:26,687
or can read an image quickly,

1335
01:16:26,687 --> 01:16:28,889
those are the ones
that speak to me the most.

1336
01:16:33,760 --> 01:16:36,330
-What do you do with
the great images that you have

1337
01:16:36,330 --> 01:16:40,467
that don't necessarily fit
the story that you're creating?

1338
01:16:40,467 --> 01:16:42,569
If you have two
or three great photos,

1339
01:16:42,569 --> 01:16:47,407
like what do you do with the two
that you don't use?

1340
01:16:47,407 --> 01:16:50,811
-Put it on the personal
work section of your website.

1341
01:16:54,147 --> 01:16:59,152
I think, you know, one
of the things that, you know,

1342
01:16:59,152 --> 01:17:01,188
one of the great things
about photojournalism

1343
01:17:01,188 --> 01:17:05,359
is that we approach our work
with a great sense of purpose.

1344
01:17:05,359 --> 01:17:10,864
A lot of times our images
are kind of used to tell stories

1345
01:17:10,864 --> 01:17:14,701
that also, you know,
have to be told in text as well

1346
01:17:14,701 --> 01:17:18,438
and the image kind of
has to match the entire package

1347
01:17:18,438 --> 01:17:20,240
and you have to really edit
to that.

1348
01:17:20,240 --> 01:17:23,110
So sometimes you'll be out
on assignment

1349
01:17:23,110 --> 01:17:24,912
and you'll make just --

1350
01:17:24,912 --> 01:17:27,247
and, you know,
you're presented with a gift.

1351
01:17:27,247 --> 01:17:30,184
The photo gods present you
with a gift.

1352
01:17:30,184 --> 01:17:34,188
I always like
to talk about the photo gods.

1353
01:17:34,188 --> 01:17:36,089
It might not always fit
the narrative,

1354
01:17:36,089 --> 01:17:41,061
but I think a great photographer
and a great editor --

1355
01:17:41,061 --> 01:17:42,829
Alan Berner
would always do this.

1356
01:17:42,829 --> 01:17:44,598
Fred would always do this,
I think.

1357
01:17:44,598 --> 01:17:46,633
You know, you can find
a home for anything.

1358
01:17:46,633 --> 01:17:49,169
A lot of times we talk
about finding homes for things.

1359
01:17:49,169 --> 01:17:51,138
I'm going to find a home
for that.

1360
01:17:51,138 --> 01:17:54,474
That's kind of recognizing
you found something amazing

1361
01:17:54,474 --> 01:17:56,243
and we're going to create
a frame for that.

1362
01:17:56,243 --> 01:17:58,278
How can we get that
in front of readers?

1363
01:18:03,383 --> 01:18:08,689
-There's questions
for Bettina Hansen.

1364
01:18:08,689 --> 01:18:10,557
I'm curious to know

1365
01:18:10,557 --> 01:18:12,893
how your transition
from being a stills photographer

1366
01:18:12,893 --> 01:18:14,695
into an editor went

1367
01:18:14,695 --> 01:18:18,465
and were there
any realizations along the way

1368
01:18:18,465 --> 01:18:21,768
once you started spending
more time behind the desk?

1369
01:18:24,371 --> 01:18:25,639
-Well,
I hate to hog the microphone,

1370
01:18:25,639 --> 01:18:27,975
but I will answer that.

1371
01:18:27,975 --> 01:18:30,911
Yeah, so I was a photographer
for 15 years

1372
01:18:30,911 --> 01:18:33,847
and, you know,
deeply loved my career.

1373
01:18:33,847 --> 01:18:37,851
And I had my first kid
born three months

1374
01:18:37,851 --> 01:18:39,820
before the pandemic hit

1375
01:18:39,820 --> 01:18:43,690
and then was still breastfeeding
and then had to go out

1376
01:18:43,690 --> 01:18:45,592
and shoot, you know,

1377
01:18:45,592 --> 01:18:47,995
people being tear gassed
and things getting lit on fire

1378
01:18:47,995 --> 01:18:50,497
during the George Floyd
protests.

1379
01:18:50,497 --> 01:18:52,266
And I think at that point
I kind of realized,

1380
01:18:52,266 --> 01:18:54,067
well, maybe I should get
a desk job, you know.

1381
01:18:54,067 --> 01:18:57,638
So when I had my second kid,
Fred retired and called him up

1382
01:18:57,638 --> 01:19:00,073
and I said I want to be
an editor.

1383
01:19:00,073 --> 01:19:01,942
And I kind of had this idea
in my mind

1384
01:19:01,942 --> 01:19:04,678
of what it was going to be
like to be an editor.

1385
01:19:04,678 --> 01:19:06,613
And I think as a photographer

1386
01:19:06,613 --> 01:19:10,350
I very much kind of had
a adversarial relationship

1387
01:19:10,350 --> 01:19:11,885
with editors at times

1388
01:19:11,885 --> 01:19:13,587
where I kind of thought
I know everything

1389
01:19:13,587 --> 01:19:16,123
and I know kind of
what is going to be best

1390
01:19:16,123 --> 01:19:19,159
for the paper and my images.

1391
01:19:19,159 --> 01:19:21,695
Now I think as an editor

1392
01:19:21,695 --> 01:19:26,433
I realize I discounted
a lot of editors' work.

1393
01:19:26,433 --> 01:19:29,970
And I actually had a phone call
with Angie Gottschalk,

1394
01:19:29,970 --> 01:19:31,705
our former director
of photography,

1395
01:19:31,705 --> 01:19:34,808
today before I came here
and I just told her,

1396
01:19:34,808 --> 01:19:42,249
you know, I'm sorry I didn't
recognize how hard this job is.

1397
01:19:42,249 --> 01:19:45,819
I never should have taken you
for granted.

1398
01:19:45,819 --> 01:19:48,789
Because it's just a great
kind of dance that we do.

1399
01:19:48,789 --> 01:19:50,390
You know,

1400
01:19:50,390 --> 01:19:52,492
when you're a photographer
you get to be out there

1401
01:19:52,492 --> 01:19:54,628
and you're in the helicopter
and you're in the thing

1402
01:19:54,628 --> 01:19:58,232
and you're meeting
these amazing people

1403
01:19:58,232 --> 01:20:00,834
and you're kind of having
these great interactions.

1404
01:20:00,834 --> 01:20:03,237
And then when you're
an editor you kind of realize,

1405
01:20:03,237 --> 01:20:06,073
oh, okay,
like if I kind of get into it

1406
01:20:06,073 --> 01:20:09,343
with the other editor over there
I have to make nice with them

1407
01:20:09,343 --> 01:20:11,311
because I have to talk to them
tomorrow.

1408
01:20:11,311 --> 01:20:14,014
I can't just walk out
and ever be gone.

1409
01:20:14,014 --> 01:20:17,150
So I think,
you know, I really miss shooting

1410
01:20:17,150 --> 01:20:18,986
but I also --

1411
01:20:18,986 --> 01:20:23,323
now my role is to create
success for everybody else

1412
01:20:23,323 --> 01:20:25,926
and to be able to work
with photographers like Ivy

1413
01:20:25,926 --> 01:20:27,928
and work with Ellen

1414
01:20:27,928 --> 01:20:30,197
and work with people that I
just deeply love and care about

1415
01:20:30,197 --> 01:20:34,001
and can just kind of create
the environments

1416
01:20:34,001 --> 01:20:35,736
for them to be successful.

1417
01:20:35,736 --> 01:20:38,605
I think that is just
even more fulfilling

1418
01:20:38,605 --> 01:20:43,377
than seeing my byline on A1.

1419
01:20:43,377 --> 01:20:47,347
-Earlier you mentioned --
oh, sorry, there was claps.

1420
01:20:47,347 --> 01:20:49,416
-Probably one more.

1421
01:20:49,416 --> 01:20:52,553
-Earlier you mentioned that
somebody gave you advice, Ivy,

1422
01:20:52,553 --> 01:20:54,755
about having an exit plan,
right,

1423
01:20:54,755 --> 01:20:57,257
and going along the lines
about safety

1424
01:20:57,257 --> 01:20:58,992
and...with everything

1425
01:20:58,992 --> 01:21:00,727
that's been going on
these last couple weeks

1426
01:21:00,727 --> 01:21:03,030
and just the state of the world
in general,

1427
01:21:03,030 --> 01:21:06,867
where do each of you or have
you drawn that line where --

1428
01:21:06,867 --> 01:21:11,705
let's just say were you boots
on the ground in Minnesota?

1429
01:21:11,705 --> 01:21:15,642
Where is your line for
where that exit plan enters?

1430
01:21:18,111 --> 01:21:21,048
-Thanks for the question.

1431
01:21:21,048 --> 01:21:26,220
I think we all go into
breaking news assignments

1432
01:21:26,220 --> 01:21:31,792
and lately the protests
with safety gear,

1433
01:21:31,792 --> 01:21:40,367
and we keep our distance
and think about just --

1434
01:21:40,367 --> 01:21:42,336
we're always trying
to be self-aware,

1435
01:21:42,336 --> 01:21:44,471
right, of where we're standing.

1436
01:21:47,508 --> 01:21:51,912
We tend to not go by ourselves
and have like a team

1437
01:21:51,912 --> 01:21:54,915
where it's maybe --

1438
01:21:54,915 --> 01:21:57,017
where it's usually like
a photographer and a reporter

1439
01:21:57,017 --> 01:21:59,453
so we have each other's backs

1440
01:21:59,453 --> 01:22:04,124
and sometimes
even more than one photographer.

1441
01:22:04,124 --> 01:22:07,394
And we're always in
communication with our editors

1442
01:22:07,394 --> 01:22:11,331
so they always know, like,
what's happening on the scene

1443
01:22:14,334 --> 01:22:21,008
and aware of -- yeah,
just aware of what's going on.

1444
01:22:21,008 --> 01:22:30,417
And we just make sure --

1445
01:22:30,417 --> 01:22:33,053
safety comes first, right?

1446
01:22:36,924 --> 01:22:39,459
We also, we need to tell
the story,

1447
01:22:39,459 --> 01:22:41,495
but we have the capability
with the lenses

1448
01:22:41,495 --> 01:22:44,831
that we have to keep
our distance.

1449
01:22:44,831 --> 01:22:47,167
Yeah, I hope that answers
the question, sorry.

1450
01:22:47,167 --> 01:22:49,970
-And you have us being
like just stand back,

1451
01:22:49,970 --> 01:22:52,406
don't get sprayed.
Just stand back.

1452
01:22:52,406 --> 01:22:53,473
Buddy system.

1453
01:22:53,473 --> 01:22:55,175
-Yes.

1454
01:22:55,175 --> 01:22:56,777
-I think there's also
kind of a general rule of thumb

1455
01:22:56,777 --> 01:23:01,048
that says from
a desk perspective

1456
01:23:01,048 --> 01:23:04,184
if a person doesn't feel safe,

1457
01:23:04,184 --> 01:23:09,690
then the most important thing is
that they're going to dictate

1458
01:23:09,690 --> 01:23:12,226
where their comfort level is
and communicate to us.

1459
01:23:12,226 --> 01:23:14,328
We don't tell them
what their safety level is.

1460
01:23:14,328 --> 01:23:16,363
They tell us what
their safety level is

1461
01:23:16,363 --> 01:23:20,100
and we support that as best we
can in all those different ways.

1462
01:23:20,100 --> 01:23:23,704
And, admittedly, you know,

1463
01:23:23,704 --> 01:23:26,139
the last six months have been
a little bit more nerve wracking

1464
01:23:26,139 --> 01:23:29,276
than some
because sometimes you --

1465
01:23:29,276 --> 01:23:30,744
it might even be naive to think

1466
01:23:30,744 --> 01:23:32,112
that there's any kind of
a rhythm

1467
01:23:32,112 --> 01:23:34,114
that you would be able to have

1468
01:23:34,114 --> 01:23:36,316
when it regards sending people
out into these situations,

1469
01:23:36,316 --> 01:23:39,920
but I think we've even seen some
more unpredictability lately.

1470
01:23:39,920 --> 01:23:45,959
And so that sensitivity goes up,
and I think that for us,

1471
01:23:45,959 --> 01:23:48,462
really there's not a picture
that's worth it

1472
01:23:48,462 --> 01:23:50,831
for us to have
somebody be put in harm's way

1473
01:23:50,831 --> 01:23:52,499
that we would regret later,

1474
01:23:52,499 --> 01:23:54,768
so try to put that
at the forefront.

1475
01:23:58,338 --> 01:24:01,441
Got one quick one and
then we got a giveaway to do.

1476
01:24:01,441 --> 01:24:03,944
Do we have the prints by chance,
can we see them?

1477
01:24:03,944 --> 01:24:06,947
-Could I do one more? Sorry.

1478
01:24:06,947 --> 01:24:13,187
I am wondering in a time --
hand it to my mother --

1479
01:24:13,187 --> 01:24:17,391
where photojournalism
and journalistic integrity

1480
01:24:17,391 --> 01:24:22,796
and non-corporate backed media
is more important now than ever

1481
01:24:22,796 --> 01:24:25,966
and authenticity
in the photos that you take

1482
01:24:25,966 --> 01:24:28,068
and the stories
that you report on

1483
01:24:28,068 --> 01:24:33,841
are so important to
the national discussion with AI

1484
01:24:33,841 --> 01:24:36,710
and everything
that we're seeing pop up

1485
01:24:36,710 --> 01:24:40,247
that is influencing folks'
opinions on like what we can

1486
01:24:40,247 --> 01:24:41,949
and cannot believe.

1487
01:24:41,949 --> 01:24:44,251
I'm just, like,
wondering, what is, like,

1488
01:24:44,251 --> 01:24:48,255
your hope for people who
are looking to enter this field

1489
01:24:48,255 --> 01:24:51,692
and what are you hoping
people can understand

1490
01:24:51,692 --> 01:24:55,229
about the importance
of local journalism

1491
01:24:55,229 --> 01:24:57,965
and the work that you do

1492
01:24:57,965 --> 01:25:03,237
in like a public discourse type
of situation?

1493
01:25:03,237 --> 01:25:05,906
I know that that was like
a very loaded question but...

1494
01:25:09,309 --> 01:25:12,246
-Yeah, I mean, I think that --
so the question was about,

1495
01:25:12,246 --> 01:25:17,084
you know, like our purpose
as journalists in just an age

1496
01:25:17,084 --> 01:25:19,987
where AI and misinformation
is rampant.

1497
01:25:19,987 --> 01:25:25,092
And I think, you know,
it's more crucial than ever.

1498
01:25:25,092 --> 01:25:29,062
We are having
constantly evolving trainings,

1499
01:25:29,062 --> 01:25:32,199
particularly on the desk, and
Colin Diltz, our photo editor,

1500
01:25:32,199 --> 01:25:35,969
has been really good
at just identifying

1501
01:25:35,969 --> 01:25:41,208
and training and testing
out AI detection tools.

1502
01:25:41,208 --> 01:25:43,177
I know a lot of people --

1503
01:25:43,177 --> 01:25:45,179
photographers might
not even really realize that,

1504
01:25:45,179 --> 01:25:47,848
but we are really worried about,

1505
01:25:47,848 --> 01:25:49,850
you know,
incorporating AI photographs

1506
01:25:49,850 --> 01:25:51,919
into our news report.

1507
01:25:51,919 --> 01:25:55,689
And so we are just constantly
on high alert for photographs

1508
01:25:55,689 --> 01:25:58,058
that don't show real things,

1509
01:25:58,058 --> 01:26:00,227
and so I think it
really just shows

1510
01:26:00,227 --> 01:26:04,298
that there is such a hunger
for having boots on the ground,

1511
01:26:04,298 --> 01:26:08,068
for having people
with real deep local experience.

1512
01:26:08,068 --> 01:26:10,671
And the great thing about
working at The Seattle Times

1513
01:26:10,671 --> 01:26:13,674
is that it's 100% owned
by the Blethen family.

1514
01:26:13,674 --> 01:26:16,443
There's no outside influences.

1515
01:26:16,443 --> 01:26:20,480
It's truly people who
care about documenting history,

1516
01:26:20,480 --> 01:26:22,216
about making sure
that it's right,

1517
01:26:22,216 --> 01:26:23,483
and, you know,

1518
01:26:23,483 --> 01:26:25,285
to be working at a place

1519
01:26:25,285 --> 01:26:28,522
that serves the public
with such a deep sense

1520
01:26:28,522 --> 01:26:33,927
of mission and sense of purpose
is really an incredible feeling.

1521
01:26:33,927 --> 01:26:36,129
[ Applause ]