Phyllis Fletcher
Phyllis Fletcher managed our regional collaborative journalism service for three years before accepting a bureau chief post with NPR. She is sought as a news analyst for live broadcast, and as a writer and speaker on racism, inclusive sourcing and breaking news production techniques.
Fletcher was named the inaugural Public Radio News Directors, Inc. Editor of the Year in 2017 and is interim president of the Seattle Association of Black Journalists. Her honors include a national Edward R. Murrow Award, a Sigma Delta Chi medal, two Gracies, two UNITY Awards, two Salutes to Excellence from the National Association of Black Journalists and a first prize in beat reporting from the Education Writers Association. She has been named a Friend of Scholastic Journalism by the Journalism Education Association.
Fletcher is a graduate of the University of Washington, Columbia University and James A. Garfield High School. She has earned academic credentials in demography, software engineering and accounting fraud detection.
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Washington State University announced Monday that our Richland Correspondent Anna King is WSU Woman of the Year for 2016.
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White Pass near Mount Rainier is open to drivers and skiers, but damage from washouts and rockslides has reduced Highway 12 to one lane in two spots.
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A man who was released from a Washington prison early by mistake is charged with killing a mother of two when he should have still been locked up.
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Kazakhstan's wounded pride over a comedian's portrayal of the country as a land of backward, racist yokels may be behind a recent flurry of late-night TV ads promoting the country.