Investigations WA homeless youth program closes after contractor ‘misspent’ $330K Officials ordered a lobbying firm to pay back money meant for a state-funded Lifeline pilot hotline that connects at-risk young people to services. by Elizabeth Whitman / April 16, 2024
Investigations Podcast | It’s a Youth Today News takeover The third episode of the investigative series co-produced with Crosscut focuses on one woman’s experience with foster care and homelessness in WA. by Elizabeth Whitman / January 3, 2024
Mossback Podcast | How Mount Mazama blew its top and became Crater Lake Crater Lake wasn’t always a lake. Knute Berger tells the story of when a blast 50 times the size of Mt St. Helens' blanketed the PNW in ash. by Stephen Hegg / November 28, 2023
Investigations ‘Home was never a place’: One woman’s life in WA foster care Now 30, Janell Braxton says she continues to reckon with the separations and instability stemming from her time in the foster system. by Elizabeth Whitman & Sam Leeds Youth Today / November 21, 2023
Mossback Podcast | Preserving 50 years of Pacific Northwest photography Asahel Curtis shot thousands of images in the early 20th century. Knute Berger talks about the effort to share them with the public for the first time. by Stephen Hegg / November 21, 2023
Investigations Researchers team up with court staff to help WA homeless youth H-SYNC — Housing Stability for Youth in Courts — has piloted using evidence-based surveys to identify teenagers in need of support services. by Elizabeth Whitman & Sam Leeds Youth Today / November 14, 2023
Mossback Podcast | The suffragist who helped preserve WA’s biggest trees In the early 20th century, Catherine Montgomery spearheaded a movement to preserve old growth in Washington forests. Knute Berger shares her story. by Stephen Hegg / November 14, 2023
Mossback Podcast | When saboteurs planted an explosion at Seattle’s port In 1915, Germany wanted to keep the United States from joining World War I. Knute Berger explains how the fight came to the Northwest. by Stephen Hegg / November 7, 2023
Mossback Podcast | What Victoria, B.C., offered Black Americans in the 1850s Still encountering racism in the 'free' states of the West, some Black communities sought the American Dream in Canada. by Stephen Hegg / October 31, 2023
Investigations Washington’s new youth homelessness ‘Lifeline’ service lags The $750,000 pilot program has struggled to meet promises after state officials chose a lobbying firm to build the hotline service from scratch. by Elizabeth Whitman & Sam Leeds Youth Today / October 25, 2023