Phyllis Fletcher
Phyllis Fletcher managed our regional collaborative journalism service for three years before accepting a bureau chief post with NPR. She is sought as a news analyst for live broadcast, and as a writer and speaker on racism, inclusive sourcing and breaking news production techniques.
Fletcher was named the inaugural Public Radio News Directors, Inc. Editor of the Year in 2017 and is interim president of the Seattle Association of Black Journalists. Her honors include a national Edward R. Murrow Award, a Sigma Delta Chi medal, two Gracies, two UNITY Awards, two Salutes to Excellence from the National Association of Black Journalists and a first prize in beat reporting from the Education Writers Association. She has been named a Friend of Scholastic Journalism by the Journalism Education Association.
Fletcher is a graduate of the University of Washington, Columbia University and James A. Garfield High School. She has earned academic credentials in demography, software engineering and accounting fraud detection.
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A woman meets a mysterious stranger as she studies declassified documents about one the most polluted sites on earth. Three generations of women are... -
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"Everyone's taking it away from us, but we’re bringing it back." Donald Trump made that promise to his fans Saturday at the Spokane Convention Center....
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A state representative admits he's not one of the cool kids and nobody wants to sit by him on an airplane full of lawmakers. A rancher tells of a...
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Our Richland Correspondent Anna King's coverage of the Washington wildfires of 2015 has won the Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional...
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"You're not funny, Bob." That was the opinion of one man who shouted his disapproval after tepid applause for Bob Parks, Kennewick city councilman... -
The man who has been offered the presidency of Washington State University is a chemical engineer and an Eagle Scout, and the current president of... -
Our Richland Correspondent Anna King has won two Gracie Awards, the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation announced Monday. Anna has won the Gracie for... -
Washington State University announced Monday that our Richland Correspondent Anna King is WSU Woman of the Year for 2016. -
White Pass near Mount Rainier is open to drivers and skiers, but damage from washouts and rockslides has reduced Highway 12 to one lane in two spots.
