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The Stranger Names Tricia Romano as Editor-in-Chief

Romano, an award-winning journalist, joins The Stranger from the Seattle Times, where she was most recently the lifestyle features reporter. (FULL STORY)
The Stranger  |  06-01-2016  5:00 pm  |  Press Releases

Seattle Elections Swayed by 'The Stranger Effect'new

"Does the Stranger have so much power that it no longer deserves its 'alternative' status?"
Crosscut  |  11-02-2015  4:30 pm  |  Industry News

The Stranger's Jen Graves Named as a Pulitzer Prize Finalistnew

"She's the rare kind of critic who improves a field just by writing about it."
The Stranger  |  04-15-2014  4:40 pm  |  Honors & Achievements

The Stranger Kicks Off 2013 Holiday Charity Challengenew

This year the paper has collaborated with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Pearl Jam to try and raise $100,000 for the Orion Center, a homeless youth shelter in Seattle.
The Stranger  |  12-03-2013  11:00 am  |  Industry News

Stranger Reporter Barred from Press Conference by Wash. State Attorney Generalnew

Reporter David "Goldy" Goldstein was finally allowed to attend the press conference after an attorney for The Stranger got involved.
The Stranger  |  07-03-2012  3:17 pm  |  Legal News

Alt-Weekly Pulitzer Prize Winners: 1981-2012

From the Village Voice in 1981 to The Stranger in 2012, a brief history of alt-weekly Pulitzer Prize winners. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  04-17-2012  2:45 pm  |  Honors & Achievements

The Stranger's Eli Sanders Wins Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writingnew

Sanders is the first alt-weekly writer to win a Pulitzer since Jonathan Gold in 2007.
The Stranger  |  04-16-2012  4:20 pm  |  Honors & Achievements

Alt-Weeklies Mine Roots To Drive Web Revenuenew

According to Tim Keck, publisher of Seattle's The Stranger and Portland, Ore.'s Mercury, alt-weeklies can draw on their iconoclastic voice, strong local entertainment coverage and close relationships with local businesses, to take the online lead in their communities and build their online revenue.
NetNewsCheck  |  02-01-2012  7:00 am  |  Industry News

Is There Anything Tim Keck Can't Do?new

Founder of The Onion, publisher of The Stranger, and the head of on online empire that includes an iPhone app, a CMS, and a daily deal service, Tim Keck has earned himself a 2,300+ word profile — and a 17-image photo gallery — in The Seattle Times.
The Seattle Times  |  07-28-2011  1:05 pm  |  Honors & Achievements

Seattle Police "Very Embarrassed" By The Strangernew

The Stranger posted a picture of a Seattle cop car driving around with an unsecured AR-15 semiautomatic rifle on the trunk.
The Stranger  |  06-29-2011  3:14 pm  |  Honors & Achievements

The Stranger's First-Ever Fashion Show Gets Rave Reviews

Last Friday, Seattle's The Stranger hosted its first-ever fashion show, Worn Out, which delighted a sold-out crowd with work by 13 Seattle-based designers. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  04-14-2011  7:36 am  |  Industry News

MTV Greenlights Dan Savage's Sex Advice Shownew

MTV has approved a full season of Savage U, in which the ubiquitous sex advice columnist and Stranger editorial director takes questions while touring college campuses.
Inside TV  |  04-05-2011  8:26 am  |  Industry News

Serial Vandal Targeting Alt-Weekly Newsracks in Seattlenew

The Stranger caught the perpetrator on video and Seattle Weekly circulation manager Jay Kraus says he just wants the guy to quit making his job suck.
Seattle Weekly  |  03-15-2011  1:29 pm  |  Industry News  |  Comments (1)

Altperks: Local Deals For Local Publishers

Index Newspapers has announced the launch of Altperks LLC, a “deals” ad network for local publishers that is a hyperlocal alternative to Groupon and Living Social. (FULL STORY)
The Stranger  |  01-14-2011  3:47 pm  |  Press Releases

Dan Savage Strikes A Collective Nervenew

Dan Savage's YouTube plea to LGBT teens is inspiring thousands to tell their stories.
It Gets Better Project  |  10-20-2010  1:25 pm  |  Industry News  |  Comments (1)

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