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Night copy desk chief and front-page editor at The Seattle Times.
AP and in-house style arbiter/defender.
University of Oregon alumna.

Melissa Davis’s Journalist Portfolio

The waves meet the land on tiny Hat Island

The waves meet the land on tiny Hat Island

No matter where you go on this private island - really; there are not that many options - someone is going to…

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It's time we all learned how to be considerably more considerate in our newly congested city

It's time we all learned how to be considerably more considerate in our newly congested city

Seattle, it's time we talked. Now that we've grown into a great big city, it's time to pull out some grown-up…

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A respectful, eco-friendly way to say goodbye

A respectful, eco-friendly way to say goodbye

Resting Waters pet funeral home handles your pet's death with care - and a smaller carbon pawprint.

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'The Radium Girls' tells of the women whose deaths revolutionized the workplace

'The Radium Girls' tells of the women whose deaths revolutionized the workplace

Review: Kate Moore's book honors the lives - and horrifying deaths - of early 20th-century women whose work w…

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5 books you should read to learn more about World War I

5 books you should read to learn more about World War I

A roundup published on the centenary of America's entry into WWI. It's a collection of some favorite nonficti…

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'The Big Book of Jack the Ripper' is overkill

'The Big Book of Jack the Ripper' is overkill

Everything but the real culprit is served up in Otto Penzler's vast collection of fact and fiction about the …

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We asked about new Seafair traditions. You answered

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By Melissa Davis Verified
| Tri-City Herald Verified
OK, OK, we get it. Right before Seafair Weekend, the edit board wondered, given the yearly discussion and the letters and op-eds about the Blue Angels practices and demonstrations, if there is anything that you, our readers, suggest doing differently? Only hydros? Keep both? (You might want to sit down: It's time for new Seafair traditions," July 26) We weren't advocating for a ban on anything or anybody's good time (although some readers took it that way), but we thought, why not ask?
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We asked about new Seafair traditions. You answered

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By Melissa Davis Verified
| The Seattle Times Verified
OK, OK, we get it. Right before Seafair Weekend, the edit board wondered, given the yearly discussion and the letters and op-eds about the Blue Angels practices and demonstrations, if there is anything that you, our readers, suggest doing differently? Only hydros? Keep both? (“You might want to sit down: It’s time for new Seafair traditions,” July 26) We weren’t advocating for a ban on anything or anybody’s good time (although some readers took it that way), but we thought, why not ask?
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Nation’s founding documents live and breathe with all of us Original

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By Melissa Davis Verified
| The Seattle Times Verified
The word kept coming up over and over: “living.” That’s the term people used this week to describe the stunning exhibit now at MOHAI, “Freedom Plane National Tour: Documents That Forged a Nation.” The dignitaries and sponsors who spoke at the Freedom Plane’s landing at Boeing Field on Monday, and the curators and organizers at the museum midweek, all used the term about these carefully chosen pieces of writing that show the sometimes rough ride to nationhood.
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