Politics Social workers fleeing troubled foster care system Lousy pay, a toxic workplace and excessive workloads are driving away the people who serve vulnerable kids and their families. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / December 7, 2016
Politics Foster parents abandoning troubled system Washington state lost nearly one in five foster homes between 2008 and 2015 amid complaints of discord and disarray. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / October 27, 2016
Politics 4 fixes for Washington’s foster-care crisis Brandon Fogg, who has experience both as a foster child and foster parent, says foster care needs a celebrity champion. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / September 21, 2016
Equity State’s foster system sets kids up for failure When foster children spend the night in a hotel or in a foster home that agrees to keep them for only one night at a time, they typically don’t make it to school the next day. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / September 20, 2016
Politics Foster Care Crisis More than a decade after the courts ordered the state to clean up its foster care program, kids are still left rootless, vulnerable. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / September 19, 2016
Culture Is Twitter the new electronic TV Guide? Is Twitter the new TV Guide? by ben elowitz / September 19, 2013
Tech The Media Scarcity Index A sure-fire predictor of the most (and least) valuable content in publishing. by ben elowitz / September 16, 2013
Tech What happens when Netflix starts streaming live events? Netflix is making a splash with its new, original programming. The next big step: going live and unplugged. by ben elowitz / August 22, 2013
Tech Where are the next great media empires? Where's the new digital media giant? by ben elowitz / July 2, 2013
Tech Big Data's booming. Big Results aren't. We’ve seen huge advances in our ability to generate, collect and store data. But not much happens to all that info once it’s in the database. by ben elowitz / May 23, 2013
