Sydney Brownstone
Reporter, Lost Patients
About
Sydney Brownstone is an investigative reporter at The Seattle Times. She previously covered homelessness in Seattle and was a Livingston Award finalist for her work on the podcast Outsiders. Brownstone hails from the world of alt-weeklies, where her reporting on sexual assault and sex work prompted the Washington Attorney General’s first-ever consumer protection lawsuit on behalf of sex workers.
Podcasts
Stories
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Law & Courts
Two 17-year-old suspects arrested in fatal Burien shooting
The King County Sheriff's Office has arrested two 17-year-old suspects after a woman died last night from a stray bullet while working in a Burien chiropractor's office.
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Law & Courts
A murder. A suicide. A Buddhist ceremony with both families to free spirits
Relatives of Kornkamon Leenawarat, 25, and Thiti-on Chotechuangsab, 32, returned to the University of Washington law students’ apartment with the monks last week to free their spirits from this place.
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Arts & Life
Naked Burt Reynolds, a Native canoe paddle, and the male gaze
This is the story of how naked Burt Reynolds became immortalized on a Native canoe paddle.
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Law & Courts
Thai students' deaths ruled murder-suicide
The King County Medical Examiner's Office has identified the two dead women discovered in a University District apartment this week as University of Washington students: 25-year-old Kornkamon Leenawarat and her 32-year-old roommate Thiti-on Chotechuangsab.
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Judge halts Canadian tar sands pipeline
Judge Eleanor Dawson said pipeline regulators failed to meaningfully consult with tribes, and cited potential impacts to Southern resident killer whales.
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Government
Washington will vote on police deadly force initiative this November
In Washington state, it's effectively impossible to charge police with a crime after a wrongful shooting. That could change this fall.
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Fatal shooting of Tommy Le justified, says King County Sheriff’s Office
Vietnamese-American student Tommy Le was fatally shot by a King County Sheriff's deputy in June of 2017.
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Teens placed in solitary confinement settle with King County
Four teenagers formerly jailed in a King County solitary confinement unit at an adult jail have settled a federal lawsuit against the county.
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Rep. Matt Manweller sues Central Washington University after firing
Rep. Matt Manweller (R-Ellensburg), who is seeking a fourth term in the state legislature, is suing Central Washington University after the school fired...
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With more accusers of Dave Meinert, stigma of sexual assault may be decreasing
If you've walked around Capitol Hill lately, you might have seen large signs on telephone poles. BOYCOTT LOST LAKE CAFE , they say - with a screenshot...