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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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Let's keep those comment threads clean

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By Melissa Davis Verified
| Tri-City Herald Verified
Years ago, New York Times columnist Gail Collins visited The Seattle Times newsroom while in town for a speaking engagement. It was at the height of the establishment of the Doctrine against Commenting Aggression, when newsrooms nationwide were going all-in on digital publishing and trying to capture some of the online conversation.
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Let’s keep those comment threads clean

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By Melissa Davis Verified
| The Seattle Times Verified
Years ago, New York Times columnist Gail Collins visited The Seattle Times newsroom while in town for a speaking engagement. It was at the height of the establishment of the Doctrine against Commenting Aggression, when newsrooms nationwide were going all-in on digital publishing and trying to capture some of the online conversation.
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A look at what comes between us with help from you, Seattle Times readers

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By Melissa Davis Verified
| The Olympian Verified
The term "civility" is taking a real beating lately. We can no longer agree as a society what it means, nor whether we should even engage in it anymore. It's just one of many things once thought to be basic that we no longer agree on. This ongoing, multipart saga of disagreement in this country has made us disagreeable, and increasingly unable to move forward on anything. It impedes good governance, good participation in civic life and even good relationships.
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