Public Affairs Videos

The news cycle never stops breaking, and everyone wants a piece of your attention. For years, The Seattle Times and The Stranger’s editorial pages have played kingmaker. Today that power is split among legacy newsrooms, alt-weeklies, independent writers, influencers, podcasts, social platforms, and AI, all competing in an information ecosystem undergoing rapid and radical change.

So who actually shapes what Seattle thinks now? And is the public being informed, or just engaged?

Watch the full conversation, recorded live at The Rabbit Box in downtown Seattle, featuring panelists Melissa Davis, David Hyde, and Tim Keck, moderated by Chirag Vedullapalli.