South Seattle Emerald

South Seattle Emerald
Founder(s)Marcus Harrison Green, Bridgette Hempstead
PresidentMichael McPhearson[1]
Managing editorRosette Royale[2]
HeadquartersSeattle, Washington
Websitesouthseattleemerald.org

The South Seattle Emerald is Southern Seattle’s only nonprofit, reader-supported, and community operated media and news outlet.[3] It is an online newspaper that is focused on Seattle's South End Neighborhoods, South King County, Washington, and stories throughout the regions that are important to BIPOC and working class people. Founded in 2014 by Marcus Harrison Green, and founding board member Bridgette Hempstead, South Seattle Emerald has always been a free nonprofit news website.[4] Created to show that the Southend, as Marcus Green put it, “is more than just the crime section in the Seattle Times.”[5]

The paper relies on community volunteers, both writers and photographers to report the news. It largely utilizes BIPOC authors.

  1. ^ "Black-led media are seeing a resurgence in Seattle but 'we're so much further back than we used to be'". The Seattle Times. 2022-06-18. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  2. ^ "South Seattle Emerald Welcomes Rosette Royale as New Managing Editor". Converge Media. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  3. ^ "South Seattle Emerald: Contact Information, Journalists, and Overview | Muck Rack".
  4. ^ "'We just dove in headfirst': The South Seattle Emerald celebrates 7 years". The Seattle Times. 2021-05-04. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  5. ^ Hanscom, Greg. "Marcus Green is giving South Seattle a voice | Crosscut". crosscut.com. Retrieved 2023-11-08.