Email Author Nina Shapiro

Awards

• 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"

• 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"

• 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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2008 Stories by Nina Shapiro

• Lakeside Apologizes for Speaker

  published Dec 15, 2008

  Lakeside School can't seem to stop offending racial sensibilities -- particularly its own -- when it invites speakers. Two years, the elite private school caused an uproar and embarrassed itself natio More >>

• Three-Striker Recommended for Clemency

  published Dec 11, 2008

  Stevan DozierThe Washington State Clemency and Pardons Board voted this morning to recommend clemency for serial purse snatcher Stevan Dozier, the first person convicted under the "three strikes and y More >>

• School District's Letter to Parents Already Outdated

  published Dec 10, 2008

  Hawthorne Elementary, one of the schools on the latest closure list.Yesterday, like many parents of Seattle Public School children, I received a mailing from the district outlying proposed school clos More >>

• Green Home Finally Changes Hands

  published December 10, 2008

  Developer Lisa Martin got a lot of attention after building an über-green house on Bainbridge Island. The house, outfitted with a solar... More >>

• Uber-green House Finally Sells

  published Dec 04, 2008

  Developer Lisa Martin got a lot of attention after building an uber-green house on Bainbridge Island. The house, outfitted with a solar energy system, was one of the first -- if not the first -- in More >>

• A Moment of Respect for Rainier Beach

  published Dec 04, 2008

  It's no surprise that the Seattle Public School district is now talking about effectively closing Rainier Beach High by merging it with Cleveland. The specter of a possible closure has been looming ov More >>

• School Closure Bombshells

  published Nov 26, 2008

  Students at Summit K-12The bombshells in last night's four-hour-plus meeting on Seattle Public School closures were the proposals for Summit K-12 and Lowell Elementary. Summit, an alternative school, More >>

• Wronged by WaMu

  published November 26, 2008

  At the height of the real-estate bubble, Bob Houk, like many homeowners, kept getting unsolicited mailings... More >>

• Local Church Starts “Embryo Adoption” Service

  published November 19, 2008

  Six years ago, Maria Lancaster took her first step to becoming pregnant by having a frozen embryo FedExed to a Bellevue clinic. Having been... More >>

• Local Church Starts "Embryo Adoption" Service

  published Nov 13, 2008

  Maria Lancaster with her daughter and Sen. Rick Santorum, an opponent of embryo research. Six years ago, Maria Lancaster took her first step to becoming pregnant by having a frozen embryo FedExed to More >>

• Foreclosure Vultures

  published November 12, 2008

  On a sunny fall Wednesday, Matt Steel is driving around Mercer Island looking for bargains amid what he calls "some of the... More >>

• Will Dorn Really Scrap the WASLr

  published Nov 05, 2008

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• Read All About It--If You Can

  published Nov 05, 2008

  The market has already decisively reacted to the epic news in at least one respect: the demand for newspapers. It was impossible to find a New York Times for sale downtown this morning. The boxes we More >>

• Our East Coast Autumn

  published November 5, 2008

  If you feel that this fall has been marked by unusually spectacular fall foliage—the kinds of reds, golds, and oranges we associate with... More >>

• Evangelical Pastor's "Personal" Picks

  published Oct 14, 2008

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• Anti-Obama Virus Hits Home

  published Oct 09, 2008

  Obama, as the conspiracy theorists see him, taken from an anti-Obama Website digg_url = 'http://digg.com/security/An_Anti_Obama_Virus_Infecting_Computers'; I was pretty surprised when I got an e- More >>

• My House Ain’t That Nice!

  published October 8, 2008

  It's probably safe to say that Dorothy Strand Gorman doesn't normally call attention to the rundown aspects of her... More >>

• Make Coffee, Not War

  published October 1, 2008

  Tully's founder and chairman Tom O'Keefe is the kind of corporate bigwig who raises funds for safe charities like cystic fibrosis and juvenile... More >>

• Tully's Founder Speaks

  published Sep 24, 2008

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• Go to War, Get Traumatized, Get the Boot

  published September 24, 2008

  Private First Class Mark Siegel set out on his first patrol in Iraq with a bad feeling in the air. The Army... More >>

• Tully's Founder Backs Soldiers' Coffeehouse

  published Sep 23, 2008

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• National Guard Ad Bombs

  published Sep 11, 2008

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• Post-Prison Program Nearly Closes

  published Sep 02, 2008

  by Kevin P. Casey A few weeks ago, Ari Kohn sent out an e-mail announcing that he was closing the Post-Prison Education Program as of August 22nd. The unique program, funded by Kohn and his octogena More >>

• Three Strikes and You’re ... Not Necessarily Out

  published August 27, 2008

  On December 11, the Washington State Clemency and Pardons Board will hear a petition by serial purse-snatcher Stevan Dozier. In 1994, Dozier... More >>

• Detainees Refute Northwest ICE’s Denials of Abuse

  published August 13, 2008

  When immigration officials took Juan Carlos Martinez-Mendez to the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, he was in... More >>