Email Author Nina Shapiro

Awards

• 2011 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published November 10, 2010

  "Streetwise He Wasn't"

• 2011 - Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards/Society of Professional Journalists Region 10, published November 10, 2010

  "Streetwise He Wasn't"

• 2011 - Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards/Society of Professional Journalists Region 10, published April 21, 2010

  "Downed by Law"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 26, 2010

  "Toke Stoking"

• 2010 - Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards/Society of Professional Journalists Region 10, published March 18, 2009

  "Intelius and the Dubious Art of 'Post-Transaction Marketing'"

• 2010 - Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards/Society of Professional Journalists Region 10, published August 19, 2009

  "Judge Betty's Revenge"

• 2010 - Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards/Society of Professional Journalists Region 10, published January 14, 2009

  "Terminal Uncertainty"

• 2009 - Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards/Society of Professional Journalists Region 10, published November 12, 2008

  "The Closer"

• 2008 - Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards/Society of Professional Journalists Region 10, published July 4, 2007

  "Begging For Pardon"

• 2008 - Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards/Society of Professional Journalists Region 10, published April 25, 2007

  "The Color of Money"

• 2007 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published April 26, 2006

  "They Could Be Citizens and They Might Be Deported"

• 2007 - Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards, published April 26, 2006

  "They Could Be Citizens and They Might Be Deported"

• 2007 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published December 6, 2006

  "Schooling the District"

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2012 Stories by Nina Shapiro

• FEATURED STORY

  Jared Hagemann Investigation Reveals Suicide Note and PTSD Diagnosis Kept from Commanders

  published Feb 09, 2012

  ​Staff Sargent Jared Hagemann left a suicide note. That's one revelation in the findings from the military's investigation into his death, obtained by Seattle Weekly through the Freedom of Infor More >>

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  "Northern Border Coalition" Takes on the Border Patrol in New Letter to Janet Napolitano

  published Feb 08, 2012

  ​Last month, the Forks Human Rights Group asked Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano for an investigation into Border Patrol practices on the Olympic Peninsula. Yesterday, Napolitano got More >>

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  Guy Casey, Fed up with Raids and Legal Woes, Gives Up on Medical Marijuana Business

  published Feb 07, 2012

  ​At one time, Guy Casey co-owned a medical marijuana dispensary in Tacoma--North End Club 420-- that he says served more than 5,000 patients. Today, after the latest in a long series of legal d More >>

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  Susan Enfield Mystery Now Less Murky; Supe on the Inside Track for Bellevue Job

  published Feb 03, 2012

  ​Okay, now we get it. Susan Enfield's puzzling decision to drop out of contention for the permanent position of Seattle Schools superintendent--without having another job offer-- suddenly makes More >>

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  Gaby Rodriguez's New Book Shows Remarkable Personal Side of Teen Who Faked Pregnancy

  published Feb 01, 2012

  ​Gaby Rodriguez, the Toppenish teen who ignited a storm of media interest when she faked a pregnancy for a high school project, has just come out with a book. The Pregnancy Project will still ha More >>

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  'Strategic Defaults' Take Off in Seattle; Lawyers, Doctors Walk Away from Mortgages

  published Jan 31, 2012

  ​In recent months, the national press has spotlighted a new type of foreclosure. It involves so called "strategic defaults," whereby homeowners can afford their mortgage but nevertheless choose More >>

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  David Fennell, Once Suspended Lawyer with Foreclosure Trustee, Now Accused of Over-Billing

  published Jan 27, 2012

  ​As if the foreclosure crisis hadn't generated enough distrust of the real estate industry, now comes another scandal. A complaint filed with the Oregon State Bar accuses an executive of Belle More >>

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  Death Penalty Foes, Backing New Bill, Say Capital Cases Waste Money

  published Jan 26, 2012

  ​As Ellis Conklin reported yesterday, a new effort to abolish the death penalty is underway in the legislature. The debate over the ultimate punishment has been going on for decades, but it's no More >>

• Pastor Joe Fuiten's Gay-Marriage Problem

  published January 25, 2012

  Joe Fuiten, one of the region's leading evangelical pastors and a former organizer for George W. Bush, weighed in recently on Washington's... More >>

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  Sky Metalwala's Dad Is Victim of Family Court Bias, Activists Say

  published Jan 20, 2012

  ​In this week's cover story, we write about the way flimsy domestic violence allegations can be used in family court to separate dads from their kids. Some dads' rights activists say that's just More >>

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  Pastor Joe Fuiten Issues Rallying Call Against Gay Marriage Bill; Sponsors to Rewrite Language

  published Jan 19, 2012

  ​Joe Fuiten, one of the region's leading evangelical pastors and a former organizer for George W. Bush, weighed in this week on the gay marriage bill supported by Governor Chris Gregoire. Yeah, More >>

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  Family Court: Dads Regularly Lose Access to Kids, Sparking Claims of Anti-Male Bias

  published Jan 18, 2012

  ​When an attorney first talked to Seattle Weekly about an anti-male bias in family court, one of the striking things was her gender. This was not some embittered male extremist, but a mainstrea More >>

• How to Find Seattle's Best Teachers

  published January 18, 2012

  The Gates Foundation just came out with its latest advice on how to improve schools. As the foundation sees it, districts don't have a good... More >>

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  Ripped Apart

  published January 18, 2012

  Jim's first indication that his life was about to be turned upside down came the night he got home from work and was... More >>

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  Susan Enfield: Is the Schools Superintendent Leaving Because of Board Micro-Managingr

  published Jan 17, 2012

  ​Last week, Interim Seattle Schools Superintendent Susan Enfield sent out an e-mail to principals reaffirming that walking away from the district "is the right decision for me." But whyr One pos More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Pertussis Epidemic Hits County with High Vaccine 'Refusal' Rate, and Spreads to King

  published Jan 13, 2012

  ​In our cover story last year on vaccine "refusers," we wrote about a Vashon Island mom who suggested having "pertussis parties" as a way to develop natural immunity to the disease. Well, if tha More >>

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  James Egan, Sued for Requesting Dash-Cam Videos, Is at It Again

  published Jan 12, 2012

  ​James Egan, the attorney hauled to court because he requested a slew of dash-cam videos from police, isn't giving up. Now he's got a new request: the same videos--but without sound. You may rec More >>

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  Tim Burgess Manifesto Says Seattle Should Wake Up to Its Crime Rate, Now Worse Than New York's

  published Jan 11, 2012

  ​Seattle now has a worse crime rate than New York City. That stunning fact is delivered in a wake-up-call of an essay released this week by City Council member Tim Burgess as he steps down from More >>

• Belltown: The Model Neighborhood?

  published January 11, 2012

  Deputy Mayor Darryl Smith says the city has a model for cleaning up crime along downtown's Third Avenue. That model, he told The... More >>

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  Gates Foundation Urges Better Teacher Evaluations, Neglects to Mention Quick and Easy Method

  published Jan 10, 2012

  ​The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation just came out with its latest advice for how to improve schools. As the foundation sees it, districts don't have a good sense of who their good and bad te More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Supreme Court Schools Ruling: Dramatic in Conclusions but Not Solutions

  published Jan 06, 2012

  ​Education boosters are declaring victory in yesterday's massive state Supreme Court ruling on education funding. But while the court firmly takes the state to task for failing to meet its dut More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Special Education Teachers Were Rightly Suspended for Refusal to Test Kids, Court Rules

  published Jan 05, 2012

  ​With George W. Bush out of office, his signature education act--No Child Left Behind--almost seems like a thing of the past. But the act still requires teachers to test even special education s More >>

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  Darryl Smith, Deputy Mayor, Calls Belltown a Model for Fighting Crime; Locals Laugh

  published Jan 04, 2012

  ​Deputy Mayor Darryl Smith says the city has a model for cleaning up crime along downtown's Third Avenue. That model, he More >>

• Road Diets, Road Kill?

  published January 4, 2012

  Since Mayor Mike McGinn started pushing "road diets," they have generated controversy, especially among people who see them as an anti-car sop... More >>

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  Benjamin Colton Barnes, Veteran Suspected of Killing Ranger, Had Threatened to Splatter His Own Brains

  published Jan 03, 2012

  ​"If you come home, don't be surprised to find my brains splattered all over the walls." That was the message veteran Benjamin Colton Barnes texted to the mother of his child last January after More >>