BIO

Todd Matthews is a journalist who has worked for a variety of newspapers and magazines in the Pacific Northwest.

As a freelance writer for Seattle magazine, he received third-place honors (2007) from the Society of Professional Journalists for his feature article about the University of Washington's Innocence Project and its work in helping to exonerate a Yakima man through DNA testing after he spent 10 years in prison, and first-place honors (2007) for his feature article about Seattle's bike messengers. As a freelance writer at Washington Law & Politics magazine, he received third-place honors (2001) from the Society of Professional Journalists for his prison interview with Prison Legal News founder Paul Wright, and second-place honors (2003) for his article about whistle-blowers in Washington State.

In 2007, he received the award for Outstanding Achievement in Media from the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation for his work covering historic preservation in Tacoma for the Tacoma Daily Index, where he is the editor.

His work has 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 Business Monthly, Tablet, Washington CEO, and Washington Free Press.

He is a graduate of the University of Washington and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Communications.

E-mail todd (at) wahmee (dot) com

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