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For more than a decade, Todd Matthews has worked as a journalist for a variety of newspapers and magazines in the Pacific Northwest. He is presently the editor of the Tacoma Daily Index, a small newspaper first published in 1890. His articles have also appeared in All About Jazz, Asian Focus, City Arts Tacoma, Earshot Jazz, Homeland Security Today, Jazz Steps, Journal of the San Juans, Lynnwood-Mountlake Terrace Enterprise, Prison Legal News, Rain Taxi, Real Change, Seattle magazine, Seattle Business Monthly, Tablet, Washington CEO, and Washington Free Press.

Matthews' work has covered a range of subjects. In 1996, he spent three months working as a commercial fisherman in the Aleutian Islands and wrote a feature article about the experience. In 1998, he wrote an in-depth feature about the King County Medical Examiner's Office and its work investigating a mysterious death. Finally, between 2006 and 2008 he wrote nearly a dozen feature articles for Seattle magazine covering everything from high school marching bands to nightclub violence to wildlife encounters in urban areas to the Capitol Hill massacre.

Here is a collection of his work for a variety of newspapers and magazines:

All About Jazz

-- Jazz Vocalist Greta Matassa (PDF)

City Arts Tacoma

-- KPLU-FM 88.5: Jazz Lives Here (PDF)

-- Tacoma playwright Rosalind Bell (PDF)

Earshot Jazz

-- Composer Gary McFarland (PDF)

-- Drummer Byron Vannoy (PDF)

-- Guitarist Nicholas Hoffman / cover story (PDF)

-- Jack Straw Foundation (PDF)

-- Journalist / Historian Paul de Barros (PDF)

-- Musicians Dave and Tom Marriott / cover story (PDF)

-- Organist Delvon Dumas (PDF)

-- Pianist Dave Peck / cover story (PDF)

-- Pianist Gust Burns / cover story (PDF)

-- Pianist Randy Halberstadt (PDF)

-- Pianist Victor Noriega (PDF)

-- Radio Host Abe Beeson (PDF)

-- Saxophonist Ben Roseth (PDF)

-- Saxophonist Greg Sinibaldi (PDF)

-- Saxophonist Hadley Caliman / cover story (PDF)

-- Saxophonist Skerik / cover story (PDF)

-- Saxophonist Tobi Stone / cover story (PDF)

-- Seattle Improvised Music Festival (PDF)

-- Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra (PDF)

-- Vibraphonist Susan Pascal / cover story (PDF)

-- Vocalist Gail Pettis / cover story (PDF)

-- Vocalist Greta Matassa (PDF)

Homeland Security Today

-- New technologies and innovations in Washington State (Web) / (PDF)

Prison Legal News

-- Brett Dignam, Clinical Professor of Law and Supervising Attorney at Yale Law School (PDF)

-- Donald Specter, Prison Law Office (PDF)

-- Elizabeth Alexander, ACLU National Prison Project (PDF)

-- Fred Cohen, Attorney and Federal Court Monitor (PDF)

-- John Boston, Prisoners' Rights Project (PDF)

-- John Midgley, Human Rights Attorney (PDF)

Rain Taxi

-- Book Review: Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer / The Beauty Supply District by Ben Katchor (Web)

Seattle Magazine

-- Capitol Hill Murders: One Year Later (PDF)

-- Cascade High School marching band (PDF)

-- Issues facing the Seattle Times and Seattle P-I as readership moves online (PDF)

-- Rising violence in Seattle nightclubs (PDF)

-- Seattle bike messengers (PDF)

-- Transportation activist Cary Moon (PDF)

-- Ultra-marathon runner Scott Jurek (PDF)

-- University of Washington climatologist Cliff Mass (PDF)

-- University of Washington Innocence Project (PDF)

-- Washington State smoking ban (PDF)

-- Wildlife encounters in urban Western Washington (PDF)

Seattle Business Monthly Magazine

-- 2008 Small-Business Guide / cover story (PDF)

-- An alternative energy entrepreneur (PDF)

-- Colliers International CEO Doug Frye (PDF)

-- Downtown Tacoma development (PDF)

-- Downtown Tacoma's commercial real estate scene (PDF)

-- Efforts to keep Russell Investments headquartered in downtown Tacoma (PDF)

-- Furniture designer Jeffrey Braun (PDF)

-- Ivar's CEO Bob Donegan / cover story (PDF)

-- Proposed renovations to the Tacoma Dome (PDF)

-- Seattle's Local Vine (PDF)

-- Wi-Fi in Pierce County (PDF)

Tacoma Daily Index

-- Paradise Lost: Surveying the ruins of a $75 million development debacle (PDF)

-- Tacoma's Man of Mischief: Inside the curious world of R. R. Anderson (PDF)

-- Tacoma's Ripple Effect: For artist Jill Anholt, history and art merge on downtown's 12th Street hill climb (PDF)

Downtown Tacoma

-- All Eyes (and Wheels) on the Street: Downtown Tacoma's bike patrol (PDF)

-- All Work, Now Play: After years of hard work and fund-raising, the Children's Museum of Tacoma is ready to have fun (PDF)

-- Citizens group turns its attention toward Port of Tacoma (PDF)

-- Inside Pacific Plaza: From blight to beauty, a $30 million downtown high-rise sets a new standard (PDF)

-- Mightier Than Swords: Tacoma artists zero in on local politics (PDF)

-- Outside Pacific Plaza: A garden grows high above downtown Tacoma (PDF)

Historic Preservation in Tacoma / Pierce County

-- A House in the City, A Home to Neighborhood History: One resident's connection to Tacoma's storied Wedge area (PDF)

-- Ahoy History Buffs! City's role in century-old shore leave focus of new Tacoma Historical Society exhibit (PDF)

-- Behind the Times: Nevermind the buildings. Can Pierce County restore its historic preservation program? (PDF)

-- Building History: THS exhibit celebrates downtown Tacoma's architectural icons (PDF)

-- Can the Bank of Buckley be Rebuilt? (PDF)

-- Downtown's Lost Block: Archived photos show Pacific Avenue's erased history (PDF)

-- High Hopes for Historic Tacoma Skyscraper (PDF)

-- Long Distance Memories: A lifelong, photographic tour through Tacoma's passenger train history (PDF)

-- Long List of Concerns for Washington State Preservationists: An interview with Washington Trust for Historic Preservation's Jennifer Meisner (PDF)

-- Luzon Unlocked (PDF)

-- Momentum continues for Spanish Steps rehabilitation (PDF)

-- New tenant, lobby renovation for downtown Washington Building (PDF)

-- Pierce County's History Detectives (PDF)

-- Preserving Tacoma's Heritage Trees: A conversation with Marshall McClintock (PDF)

-- Reaching the Register: An interview with historic preservationist Caroline T. Swope (PDF)

-- Salvaging history in Tacoma's razed older buildings (PDF)

-- Saving Tacoma's Urban Arbor: Will the City create a register of historic trees? (PDF)

-- Status Seekers: The challenges and benefits to seeking historic district designation (PDF)

-- Tacoma Fire Buffs: A welcome sight for local firefighters (PDF)

-- Tacoma's Heritage Streetcars: End of the line, 130 miles north (PDF)

-- Tacoma's Record Keeper: Remembering small-press publisher Marshall B. Skidmore (PDF)

-- The Washington Trust: In an old hilltop mansion, a strong voice for preservation (PDF)

-- The Washington State Heritage Caucus (PDF)

Tacoma Rainiers Triple-A Baseball

-- Minor League Team, Major League Fan: An interview with Tacoma Rainiers fan and blogger Justin Carleton (PDF)

-- The Business of Balls and Strikes: Can the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers become a major player in Puget Sound sports? (PDF)

Winthrop Hotel Interview Series

-- Tacoma Housing Authority weighs Winthrop building purchase (PDF)

-- A Voice From the Winthrop: Glenn Grigsby (PDF)

-- A Voice From the Winthrop: Otha Adams (PDF)

-- A Voice From the Winthrop: Nanette Colby (PDF)

-- A Voice From the Winthrop: John Heffler (PDF)

-- Historic hotel or affordable housing? (PDF)

-- A Voice From the Winthrop: David Allen (PDF)

-- A Voice From the Winthrop: David Miller (PDF)

-- Cleaning up a neighborhood, battling a building's reputation (PDF)

-- A Voice From the Winthrop: Kerry Hudson (PDF)

-- A Voice From the Winthrop: Jessica Creso (PDF)

-- Winthrop resident named Safe Streets Superstar (PDF)

Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce

-- Chamber Vision / Tacoma's Environmental Business Alliance (PDF)

-- Chamber Vision / Tacoma's B & O Tax (PDF)

-- Chamber Vision / Tacoma's Creative Streak (PDF)

-- Chamber Vision / Clearing the Air (PDF)

-- Chamber Vision / Will 2010 Bring Economic Recovery? (PDF)

-- Chamber Vision / Creating a Landscape for Advocacy (PDF)

-- Chamber Vision / South Sound Vision 2029 (PDF)

-- Chamber Vision / Carol E. Milgard Breast Cancer Center (PDF)

-- Chamber Vision / Re-Writing the WASL (PDF)

-- Creative Tacoma: One Year Later (PDF)

Washington CEO

-- Profiles of independent toy stores in Washington State (PDF)

Washington Free Press

-- An interview with Prison Legal News editor Paul Wright (Web)

-- The Rise and Fall of Jon Mattox (Web)

Washington Law & Politics

-- King County drug court (PDF)

-- Washington State whistle-blowers (PDF)