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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2009 Stories by Nina Shapiro

• “Safe Jobs” Available at Seattle Police Department

  published February 4, 2009

  While Microsoft lays off thousands, at least one entity continues to hire: the Seattle Police Department. The city will sign up 80 officers... More >>

• Will Sims End Homelesnessr

  published Feb 03, 2009

  Yesterday, I wrote about how King County probably won't meet the housing target in its Ten Year Plan to end homelessness. The question today, in light of Ron Sims' proposed appointment as deputy secre... More >>

• The News is Bad--But Not That Bad

  published Jan 29, 2009

  Okay, everybody, take a deep breath. The news is bad--but not that bad, at least locally. There was a general sense of panic conveyed by media outlets, including our own, at yesterday's layoff news ... More >>

• Thurgood Marshall Principal May Go

  published Jan 28, 2009

  The Seattle Public School Board will finally decide tomorrow which schools will close and which students will be moved where. The board, which has tinkered with Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson'... More >>

• Give Parents a (Winter) Break

  published Jan 28, 2009

  Teacher training is great but who's looking after their studentsr Yesterday's proposal by legislators to cut the school week to four days has still got me raging. Damon Agnos wrote an excellent p... More >>

• Somebody is Hiring

  published Jan 27, 2009

  While Microsoft lays off thousands, at least one entity continues to hire: the Seattle Police Department. The city will hire 80 officers this year--not as many as last year, when it took on an extr... More >>

• An Even Bigger Education Bombshell

  published Jan 23, 2009

  Randy Dorn's plans to replace the WASL made headlines this week, but it may not be the biggest news in education at the moment. Education committees in the state Legislature will hold hearings next w... More >>

• WASL Plans Announced

  published Jan 21, 2009

  The plans announced this morning by state Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn were pretty much as expected. New tests replacing the WASL, beginning next school year, will be much shorter-... More >>

• Madoff Kicks the Racial Gap in the Crotch

  published January 21, 2009

  Public defender Lisa Daugaard says she wasn't too worried late last year when she didn't get a check from the JEHT Foundation. The New... More >>

• Our Failing Economy’s a Boon to Drug-Law Reformers

  published January 21, 2009

  It took two years of political warfare before the state Legislature managed to pass a bill in... More >>

• Knives Come Out for the WASL

  published Jan 19, 2009

  Newly sworn in state Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn isn't wasting any time in overhauling the WASL. He's planning a press conference on Wednesday to announce his plans. He gave me an ... More >>

• Oregon Reveals The Dilemmas of Dying

  published Jan 15, 2009

  In the more than a decade since the Death with Dignity law was enacted in Oregon, several researchers have studied its effect intensively by interviewing people who want to kill themselves as well as ... More >>

• "It Felt Like the Big One"

  published Jan 15, 2009

    Bud Mayer, one of the people I profile in this week's story on the new Death with Dignity Act, sent me an e-mail that updated me on his condition. He writes poignantly of what it feels like ... More >>

• Council Holds Meeting on the P-I

  published Jan 14, 2009

  Seattle City Council member Nick Licata, chair of a committee that deals with culture, is holding a meeting on January 28th about the looming demise of the Post-Intelligencer and whether there's anyt... More >>

• Khaki Jumpsuits Are the New Black

  published January 14, 2009

  The economic crisis has prompted just about every government agency to cut costs both big and small. State Department of Corrections Secretary... More >>

• Terminal Uncertainty

  published January 14, 2009

  She noticed the back pain first. Driving to the grocery store, Maryanne Clayton would have to pull over to the side of the... More >>

• Why Not Toll Sidewalksr

  published Jan 13, 2009

  Can tolls save this streetrThe agreement to build a tunnel to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct will undoubtedly generate controversy, given voters overhwelming veto of that idea a couple years ago. But... More >>

• Madoff Scandal Touches Seattle

  published Jan 12, 2009

  Public defender Lisa Daugaard says she wasn't too worried late last year when she didn't get a check from the JEHT Foundation. The New York-based organization provided the major funding for a project ... More >>

• Cost-cutting Prisons Say It's Back to Uniforms

  published Jan 08, 2009

  The economic crisis has prompted just about every government agency to cut costs both big and small. There's so much going on that we obviously don't know the half of it, and the process is just begin... More >>

• Questions Remain in Final School Closure Recommendations

  published Jan 07, 2009

  APP students might be moving to Thurgood Marshall ElementarySeattle Schools Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson made her final recommendations for school closures last night. Probably the most unsett... More >>

• Bypass Fail

  published January 7, 2009

  Ever since President Bush enacted No Child Left Behind, the controversial education reform act of... More >>