Email Author Nina Shapiro

Awards

• 2012 - Education Reporting Awards/National Education Writers Association, published March 9, 2011

  "Deaf Jam"

• 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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2008 Stories by Nina Shapiro

• Tom Douglas Can’t Stay in the Kitchen

  published August 6, 2008

  In a new Bellevue subdivision one morning last week, Tom Douglas lingered in the kitchen of a $900,000 home for sale. The tousled-haired... More >>

• Tom Douglas Jumps Into Real Estate

  published Jul 30, 2008

  By Joann Arruda Photography In a brand new Bellevue subdivision this morning, Tom Douglas could be found lingering in the kitchen of a $900,000 home for sale. The tousled-haired restaurant czar, sur... More >>

• Let’s Roll Play

  published July 30, 2008

  U.S. Army Ranger Josh Warren searches the landscape for insurgents. Two of his men have just been hit. They're lying on the ground, moaning,... More >>

• How To Save Yourself Embarassment

  published Jul 29, 2008

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• Will WASL Sink Bergeson?

  published June 25, 2008

  A couple weekends ago at its Spokane convention, the state Democratic Party endorsed Randy Dorn for Superintendent of Public Instruction,... More >>

• Bamboozled

  published June 18, 2008

  You can't get much trendier than a house built by Pb Elemental Architecture. The firm's four town homes on north Beacon Hill... More >>

• WASL Critic Picks Up Steam

  published Jun 17, 2008

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• My Brother Got Burned

  published May 28, 2008

  Nineteen-year-old Sebastian Burns was leaving a haircut appointment in Vancouver, B.C., when a man sporting a long ponytail and cowboy boots... More >>

• Not Every Deserter Gets the Watada Treatment

  published May 7, 2008

  A nervous, skinny soldier named Alonzo slides into a booth at a cafe near Fort Lewis and orders water. "I'm too... More >>

• The Patron Saint of Ex-Cons

  published April 23, 2008

  One day last June, Terry Grant left Atwater Prison in California, where he'd been serving time on... More >>

• The War Vet Generation Gap

  published April 16, 2008

  Late last year, suffering from sleepless nights and depression, a Bellingham veteran named Mike recently back from Iraq put an... More >>

• Did Ron Sims Play Favorites With Cabbies?

  published March 26, 2008

  In a bland, one-story office park in Tukwila, at the end of a winding road, sits a parking lot with more than... More >>

• Why The WASL Sucks

  published Mar 13, 2008

  The WASL has been much on my mind recently, and not just because the state Legislature yesterday moved to make the test shorter and less expensive. My 3rd grade daughter started taking practice WASL t... More >>

• Was the Hearing Officer too Sarcastic?

  published March 12, 2008

  On Jan. 30, the Washington State Bar's disciplinary board vacated a hearing officer's recommendation that Alfoster Garrett Jr., the onetime... More >>

• Recycling's Own Boxer/Briefs Debate

  published February 20, 2008

  Seattleites are expected to get welcome news this week when the city announces details of its new garbage contract. In addition to weekly yard-... More >>

• More Details Emerge in UW's Eco-Arson Case

  published February 6, 2008

  When a group of radical environmental activists burned down the University of Washington's Center for Urban... More >>

• Is Husky Series "Old News"r

  published Jan 30, 2008

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• Is This Really the Best Defense?

  published January 30, 2008

  Sean Garrant, a dark-haired thirtysomething with a string of convictions on theft and other charges in his past, is standing again before a... More >>

• Snohomish Prosecutor Refutes Three-Strikes Rumor

  published Jan 23, 2008

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• Prosecutor Admits Possible Injustice in the “Three-Strikes” Law.

  published January 23, 2008

  In an office down the hall from King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg sits a pile of boxes full of case files more... More >>

• Lakeside Vindicated in Discrimination Lawsuit

  published January 23, 2008

  Last week, a federal judge dismissed the racial discrimination claims made by one of two African-American teachers suing Lakeside School, the... More >>

• How Green Art Thou Sofar

  published Jan 14, 2008

  The battle over who can out-green whom has moved into the arena of furniture. A saleswoman at Crate and Barrel tried to sell my husband and I on a tomato-red couch (seen above in a leather version) ... More >>

• Meet Clinton's “Informal Adviser” on Evangelicals

  published January 9, 2008

  When Don Argue resigned last summer from the presidency of Kirkland's Northwest University, a Christian institution, rumors circulated that the... More >>