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Freeing the Klamath River
- Title
- Freeing the Klamath River
- Runtime
- 9:58
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Following the largest fish die-off in U.S. history, a decades-long fight for dam removal on the Klamath River aims to return healthy water to the tribes and wildlife who depend on it.
(Produced by Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/the-massive-dam-removal-on-the-klamath-may-save-salmon-but-cant-solve-the-wests-water-crisis/
The story was originally published June 11, 2023.
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0:00 The Creator’s Country
1:14 A river cut in half
2:14 Removing the dams
2:50 Subsisting off the river
4:22 Protecting tribal rights
5:25 The 2002 fish-kill
7:47 Restoring riverine habitat
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- Not Sick Enough: A teen's story of finding treatment for an eating disorder
- Runtime
- 5:16
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Seven months after 15-year-old Medin was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, she was finally accepted into treatment. Then, almost immediately, a denial notice from her insurer arrived. Her Medicaid plan determined she wasn’t thin enough to get the treatment recommended by her doctor. Now 17, she tells her own story in this animated video.
(Produced by Jennifer Luxton, Lauren Frohne & Hannah Furfaro / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/mental-health/how-insurance-denials-can-delay-lifesaving-eating-disorder-treatment/
This story originally published on September 10, 2023.
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- Are seals and sea lions affecting salmon recovery in the Salish Sea?
- Runtime
- 4:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Record numbers of seals and sea lions have increased their predation on salmon, likely hindering the recovery of struggling salmon populations in the Salish Sea. A report from Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife suggests lethal removal of the animals to study their true effect on the fish.
(Produced by Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/sea-lions-seals-might-be-hampering-wa-salmon-recovery-what-can-be-done/
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- Tacoma’s Catluminati talks TikTok fame, holdable cats and nose boops
- Runtime
- 5:23
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Christopher Watson, now better known as "Catluminati," has built a social media following of over two million with wholesome videos of his meet-and-greets with neighborhood cats. Follow along on one of his signature "cat walks" and as he charms Seattle cats as a featured guest at the Sea-Meow cat convention.
(Produced by Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/life/pets/tacomas-cat-luminati-talks-tiktok-fame-holdable-cats-and-nose-boops/
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- Behind the scenes with Cat Cosplay
- Runtime
- 3:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Freyu, the artist behind Cat Cosplay, uses his crafting and technical skills to create elaborate costumes for his cat Fawkes, who performs as a paid model. Together they post daily pictures for their thousands of followers and fans on social media and Freyu was a featured speaker at this year's Sea-Meow cat convention in Seattle.
(Produced by Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/life/pets/seattle-artist-behind-cat-cosplay-turns-weird-hobby-into-job-crafting-tiny-outfits/
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- 'Note smiling faces': The legacy of a photograph made during Japanese incarceration
- Runtime
- 3:35
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- During the transportation of Japanese Americans to the Minidoka incarceration camp, a news photographer told Mitsuye Yamada and her family to smile for a photograph. The photograph ran on The Seattle Times' front page on August 14, 1942, and compelled Yamada to write her poem 'Evacuation' while in camp.
(Produced by Corinne Chin & Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
This story originally published March 27, 2022
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/a1-revisited-the-seattle-times-coverage-of-the-1942-removal-of-227-bainbridge-residents-left-a-harmful-legacy/
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- A plan to lure double-crested cormorants back to East Sand Island
- Runtime
- 2:50
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A plan to lure double-crested cormorants away from the Astoria-Megler bridge and back to East Sand Island on the Columbia River has been proposed by a cross-disciplinary group convened by the Oregon Department of Transportation.
(Produced by Kevin Clark, Steve Ringman & Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/fixing-the-cormorant-disaster-on-the-columbia-how-could-this-have-come-out-any-worse/
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- Army's 'forever chemicals' ruined their wells, now they await solutions
- Runtime
- 11:42
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- In 2021, families near Selah, Washington learned their drinking-water wells were tainted with PFAS — a class of “forever chemicals” with negative health effects — due to pollution from a nearby Army training center. Some residents now rely on bottled water and avoid bathing in their own homes as they wait for a long-term solution from the Army.
(Produced by Ramon Dompor & Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
This story was originally published Oct. 23, 2022
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/times-watchdog/heartache-anger-in-central-washington-over-drinking-water-wells-tainted-by-forever-chemicals/
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- From a butcher shop to the NBA
- Runtime
- 2:08
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Mario Banchero has only ever worked for one company: the butcher and meat distributor his family has run for 90 years. And he's still doing it even as his son Paolo Banchero is becoming an NBA all-star
(Produced by Ken Lambert, David Gutman and Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattles-newest-nba-superstar-and-his-dads-90-year-old-butcher-shop/
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- Seattle open-water swimmer Melissa Kegler promotes body positivity in the swimming world
- Runtime
- 5:09
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Melissa Kegler, an elite open-water swimmer who specializes in long distance swims, recently broke the U.S. national distance record for IISA’s Ice Mile event with a 1.4-mile swim in 39.2 degree water in 51 minutes and 26 seconds.
Her goal is not only to excel in this extreme sport, but also to foster community and body positivity in the swimming world.
(Produced by Lauren Frohne, Erika Schultz, Corinne Chin & Daniel Kim / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/life/outdoors/seattle-open-water-swimmer-melissa-kegler-notches-second-ice-mile-swim-breaks-record/
This story was originally published on March 4, 2022.
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- Seattle's Acrobatic Conundrum sews connections in new acrobatic show "Threads"
- Runtime
- 3:08
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- What is acrobatics? In Seattle, it's far more than a spectacle. Acrobatic Conundrum's new show "Threads" highlights the stitching that binds performers and audiences together. "The performance is this kind of little window into this personal universe that they've created, and that feels very intimate and wonderful," said Terry Crane, co-founder and artistic director of Acrobatic Conundrum. The show runs Feb. 9-24 at 12th Avenue Arts in Seattle.
(Produced by Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/theater/what-is-acrobatics-in-seattle-far-more-than-a-spectacle/
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- Megan Rapinoe: Her big moments on and off the field and what comes after retirement
- Runtime
- 10:12
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- As she prepares for retirement, Megan Rapinoe talks with reporter Jayda Evans about her career highlights and life after pro soccer.
(Produced by Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/reign/in-retirement-megan-rapinoe-leaves-a-lasting-legacy-shes-also-just-getting-started/
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- George Clooney's film "The Boys in the Boat" premiere at SIFF Cinema
- Runtime
- 2:24
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Director George Clooney joins author Daniel James Brown and Judy Rantz Willman, daughter of gold-medal-winning rower Joe Rantz, to celebrate the Seattle premiere of the film "The Boys in the Boat."
(Produced by Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/movies/watch-george-clooney-talks-boys-in-the-boat-on-seattle-red-carpet/
This story was originally published on December 7, 2023
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- Families build working Star Wars droids
- Runtime
- 2:13
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Pacific Northwest R2 Builders Club members Dino Ignacio and Todd Maxfield-Matsumoto build working Star Wars droids with their families and share their love of Star Wars with the community.
Produced by Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times
Originally published January 19, 2021
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- Alaska Airlines flight 1282 passenger recounts harrowing experience
- Runtime
- 3:24
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Vi Nguyen was looking forward to a girls trip when she and her friends boarded an Alaska Airlines flight bound for Ontario, California. Shortly after takeoff, the Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft suffered a blowout once a door plug tore off the fuselage, causing rapid depressurization in the cabin and forcing the plane to make an emergency landing back at Portland International Airport. Nguyen, 27, talks to The Seattle Times about her terrifying experience.
(Produced by Deborah Bloom for The Seattle Times)
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- Passengers recount facing "the end" aboard Alaska Airlines Flight 1282
- Runtime
- 2:42
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Alaska Airlines and Boeing face a potential class-action lawsuit brought by passengers aboard Alaska Flight 1282. Shortly after takeoff, the Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft suffered a blowout once a door plug tore off the fuselage, causing rapid depressurization in the cabin and forcing the plane to make an emergency landing back at Portland International Airport. In a press conference announcing the amendments, passengers Suzannah Anderson and Garet Cunningham described facing "the end" during the 25-minute flight.
(Produced by Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/alaska-airlines-flight-1282-passengers-find-their-voices-as-lawsuits-mount/
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- Legendary Banked Slalom at Mt. Baker Ski Area builds community
- Runtime
- 4:12
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Whatcom County's independent Mt. Baker Ski Area was one of the first mountains to embrace snowboarders by hosting the Legendary Banked Slalom race, which turned 35 years old in 2023. The event brings together a community of Olympians and aspiring racers who compete on the renowned race course.
(Filmed and edited by Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/life/outdoors/mt-baker-ski-area-focuses-on-values-to-draw-snow-lovers-from-around-the-globe/
Originally published February 11, 2023
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- Title
- How to "hack gentrification" and save a historically Black neighborhood in Seattle
- Runtime
- 5:11
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Looking to correct a long history of displacement and erasure from Seattle's Central District, Black artists and community members work to make their mark on the newly developed Midtown Square at 23rd & Union.
Produced by Ramon Dompor & Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times
Originally published May 1, 2022
Read more about Seattle's Central District and its main intersection 23rd and Union: https://www.seattletimes.com/life/the-way-forward-at-23rd-avenue-and-east-union-street-in-seattles-central-district/
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- How the era of capturing killer whales ended in Puget Sound
- Runtime
- 6:41
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Hostile Waters: To catch an orca
Live killer whale captures in the Pacific Northwest during the 1960s and ’70s fueled a worldwide orca craze. Puget Sound was the primary source of supply. But a 1976 hunt for SeaWorld in Budd Inlet was a turning point, leading to the end of an era. Just one killer whale taken from Puget Sound, Lola otherwise known as Tokitae, survives today.
(Produced by Lauren Frohne, Steve Ringman & Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
Learn more: http://projects.seattletimes.com/2018/to-catch-an-orca
Update on Tokitae's life and death: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/lolita-the-orca-reportedly-dies-in-captivity-before-return-to-the-pnw/
This story was originally published December 13, 2018.
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- Thomas Dambo's West Seattle troll sculpture combines Coast Salish culture with Danish folklore
- Runtime
- 5:58
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- In a most unexpected way, Coast Salish culture has meshed with Danish folklore on the shores of Lincoln Park — in the form of a giant troll.
As part of Danish environmental artist Thomas Dambo's "Northwest Trolls: Way of the Bird King" exhibition, Muckleshoot artist Coyote contributed to the story and design of the troll Bruun Idun and adorned her with traditional cedar and abalone shells. (Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
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- A new sculpture centers Black and brown communities affected during the AIDS epidemic
- Runtime
- 5:25
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Artist Christopher Paul Jordan's sculpture "andimgonnamisseverybody" remembers the histories and cultures of Black and queer communities during the AIDS epidemic. (Erika Schultz & Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
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- A plan for more climate resilient forests in King County
- Runtime
- 3:45
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- In an effort to make its forests adaptable to climate change, King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks is working with tree planters and local groups to rebuild clearcut areas. (Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
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- A pandemic year in the life of Chef Shota Nakajima
- Runtime
- 4:19
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- When COVID-19 shut down dining in March 2020, Shota Nakajima closed one restaurant temporarily and another permanently. Weeks later, he was sidelined by injury and illness. Now, after a year of reflection and rest, he's a contestant on Top Chef and ready to start his next chapter. (Ramon Dompor and Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)
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- 103-year-old veteran receives COVID-19 vaccination
- Runtime
- 1:39
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Gene Moy, 103, is thought to be the oldest living Chinese American veteran. He received his second COVID-19 vaccination Tuesday, a week before he is set to receive a Congressional Gold Medal for serving in the U.S. Army from 1941 to 1945. (Ramon Dompor and Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)
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- Fighting COVID-19 as a doctor, then as a patient
- Runtime
- 4:54
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- In March 2020, many of the first COVID-19 patients in the country were arriving at EvergreenHealth from the nearby Life Care Center of Kirkland. Dr. Ryan Padgett, a physician in the emergency department, soon became one of the first health care workers to fall ill. (Corinne Chin and Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
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- Artist meets subjects at SAM's 'The Geography of Innocence'
- Runtime
- 3:58
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Elisheba Johnson and her son Emery Spearman, 9, are two subjects of cut-paper portraiture by Seattle artist Barbara Earl Thomas. "You get to see yourself through somebody else's eyes," Johnson said. "You're memorialized in this really incredible way." Exploring themes of light, perception and grace, "The Geography of Innocence" is the artist's first solo exhibition at Seattle Art Museum. (Corinne Chin and Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
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- PNB dancers redefine gender roles on pointe
- Runtime
- 3:15
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Pacific Northwest Ballet's Ashton Edwards is the company's first male professional division student to train on pointe. Traditionally reserved for female dancers, Edwards hopes to make the technique more common for gender fluid dancers. (Ramon Dompor & Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)
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- During shutdown, a restaurant owner finds support to stay open
- Runtime
- 3:28
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Trinh Ong didn’t know how seriously statewide shutdowns and a ban on indoor dining would affect her restaurant, Mi La Cay. Without support, she faced closing her doors after 28 years in business. (Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
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- Parents died from COVID-19, leaving 'a huge hole'
- Runtime
- 5:00
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- When Nena and Eduardo Sanchez died within days of each other in October, they left an enormous hole in the lives of their six children and their sprawling clan of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Now, Cris Sanchez and his five siblings struggle to cope together at a social distance. (Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times).
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- Given body bags instead of PPE, she used them to make a healing ribbon dress
- Runtime
- 5:45
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- After the Seattle Indian Health Board sent out a request to state and federal partners for more PPE supplies at the beginning of the pandemic, Abigail Echo-Hawk and her colleagues did not expect the box of body bags they received instead. To heal, Echo-Hawk turned to a cultural tradition: sewing a ribbon dress rich with meaning. (Lauren Frohne & Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)
See the full story package: https://www.seattletimes.com/life/when-they-gave-her-body-bags-instead-of-ppe-she-used-them-to-make-a-healing-ribbon-dress/
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- A vaccination clinic focuses on access for seniors of color in Rainier Valley
- Runtime
- 3:11
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- A vaccination clinic organized by The Othello Station Pharmacy and the Somali Health Board sought to make COVID-19 vaccines easier to access for people of color in the Rainier Valley, many of whom are immigrants and refugees. (Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
- Title
- 2020: The Year in Video
- Runtime
- 7:59
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- 2020 was a year of isolation and distancing – yet its events brought us together. From the COVID-19 pandemic to a summer of protests for racial justice, allow our video journalists to transport you through this historic year. (Seattle Times staff)
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- The challenges of living homeless during a pandemic
- Runtime
- 4:15
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Homeless during the COVID-19 pandemic, Joe Bernstein must walk miles to meet his daily needs. “Your bedroom is over here, your kitchen is a couple miles that way, your bathroom is a couple miles that way,” he said. (Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
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- Finding connection through roller skating during the pandemic
- Runtime
- 5:36
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Roll Around Seatown and Seattle Skates are groups bringing outdoor skaters together in a time of isolation. Scenes were filmed in Oct. 2020 before the state's newest COVID restrictions. (Erika Schultz, Corinne Chin & Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
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- The Salmon People
- Runtime
- 1:32
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Intertwined with the fate of Lower Snake River salmon, the Nez Perce tribe fights to restore a wild ecosystem damaged by dams. (Steve Ringman & Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
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- 60 years later, Seattle family receives apology from state Supreme Court
- Runtime
- 3:42
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- In 1957, the Price family was kept from burying their son in an area reserved for white children in Evergreen Washelli Cemetery. 60 years later, the state Supreme Court apologized for its ruling. (Bettina Hansen & Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
- Title
- Not Invisible Episode 1: We cannot be invisible any longer
- Runtime
- 10:06
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Native American women have been targeted with high rates of violence, murder, rape and disappearance for centuries. This series explores how the MMIW movement is raising awareness and working for change. (Lauren Frohne & Bettina Hansen)
https://projects.seattletimes.com/2019/mmiw/
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- Not Invisible Episode 3: Justice for Rosenda Strong
- Runtime
- 6:31
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Rosenda Strong's family searched for 275 days before her remains were found. With few answers and her body still in the crime lab, her family struggles to heal while keeping her story in the public eye. (Lauren Frohne & Bettina Hansen)
https://projects.seattletimes.com/2019/mmiw/
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- Not Invisible Episode 5: An open wound
- Runtime
- 8:53
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Alyssa McLemore's family has searched for her since she went missing 10 years ago. Now, with the support of the grassroots MMIW movement and renewed efforts of the Washington State Patrol, they hope to find answers. (Lauren Frohne & Bettina Hansen)
https://projects.seattletimes.com/2019/mmiw/
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- Not Invisible Episode 4: Positions of power
- Runtime
- 7:08
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- On Sept. 9, a resolution to address missing and murdered indigenous women with funding and collaboration with community groups was put to an emotional vote before the Seattle City Council. (Lauren Frohne & Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)
https://projects.seattletimes.com/2019/mmiw/
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- Not Invisible Episode 2: Say her name
- Runtime
- 6:11
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Roxanne White sees what could have been her fate in the faces of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. She uses her story to fight for families and victims, and raise awareness of the violence that Native women face. (Bettina Hansen & Lauren Frohne)
https://projects.seattletimes.com/2019/mmiw/
- Title
- Becoming Sven in Frozen the musical
- Runtime
- 2:54
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- For the musical "Frozen," an actor transforms into a four-legged, hoofed and antlered scene-stealer named Sven, using a nearly 50-pound puppet so convincing that you might forget there's a person planking inside. (Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/theater/go-backstage-at-paramount-theatres-frozen-and-see-how-an-actor-becomes-sven-the-reindeer/
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- Makah tribe fights COVID-19 with isolation and self-reliance
- Runtime
- 4:24
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- As a sovereign nation, the Makah tribe leveraged its isolated location to protect the community from the coronavirus. Tribal members offer a look into life on the reservation while it's closed to outsiders. (Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/makah-tribe-fights-coronavirus-with-self-reliance-and-extreme-isolation/
- Title
- Witnesses and videos undercut police account of Manuel Ellis' death
- Runtime
- 2:22
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- WARNING: VIDEO CONTAINS VIOLENCE — Two witnesses describe what they saw and captured on video on March 3, when Manuel Ellis was killed while in police custody. (Lauren Frohne, Corinne Chin & Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/times-watchdog/contradictions-conflicts-of-interest-cloud-probe-of-manuel-ellis-killing-by-tacoma-police/
- Title
- When can a police officer’s certification be revoked?
- Runtime
- 2:14
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- In Washington, the legal grounds for decertifying a cop are so narrow that the state rarely bars an officer from the job. A former Seattle police oversight official describes how that impacts police accountability. (Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/times-watchdog/fired-but-still-a-cop-how-the-state-decertification-process-leaves-troubled-officers-with-their-guns/
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- In prison and positive for COVID-19
- Runtime
- 2:26
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Lisa Dunlap's son Todd Sloan, who has underlying health conditions, contracted COVID-19 at Monroe Correctional Complex. Lisa has not heard from Todd since he was placed in isolation two weeks ago. (Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/washington-prison-inmates-and-families-dreading-coronavirus-spread-taking-fight-to-state-supreme-court/
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- As close as you can get: Navigating loss in the time of coronavirus
- Runtime
- 6:29
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Originally published March 31, 2020: After Hoang Dinh Nguyen fell ill with COVID-19 in his nursing home, his family could not be with him or each other. Still, they found ways to connect — and sustain each other — despite keeping physical distance. (Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/heartbreak-ingenuity-and-compassion-as-the-coronavirus-brought-endless-complications-to-one-familys-ordeal/
- Title
- Learning to speak: A dog communicates with buttons
- Runtime
- 2:06
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Alexis Devine is teaching her sheepadoodle dog named Bunny to communicate with by pressing buttons. (Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
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- Together at the border: Marriage at Peace Arch Park
- Runtime
- 5:27
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- When the pandemic prompted a closure of the United States - Canada border, Allyssa Howard and Sara Morosan were separated. Peace Arch Park is the only place that allows people to unite across the border. (Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
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- 'Walking while Black': The life and death of Manuel Ellis
- Runtime
- 8:47
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- Manuel Ellis cried out "I can't breathe, sir," as he was killed by Tacoma police on March 3. For six months, his family has been fighting for justice and keeping his story alive. (Lauren Frohne, Corinne Chin & Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)
See the full Times Watchdog investigation: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/times-watchdog/contradictions-conflicts-of-interest-cloud-probe-of-manuel-ellis-killing-by-tacoma-police/
