The Seattle Post Globe is an Internet news site containing Web logs (blogs), photography and links to editorial sources covering events and issues in Seattle, Washington state

Washington State

Washington State may refer to:* Washington , often referred to as "Washington state" to differentiate it from Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States* Washington State University, a land-grant college in that state- See also :...

. The online-only news operation is partnered with KCTS public television and KPLU public radio in Washington state. The offices of Seattle Post-Globe are located inside the KCTS building on Mercer Street in Seattle.

History

The Seattle Post Globe was founded by Kery Murakami, a former politics and metro reporter for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is an online newspaper and former print newspaper covering Seattle, Washington, United States, and the surrounding metropolitan area...

 newspaper, which ceased publication on March 17, 2009. Murakami, as well as several other former Post-Intelligencer journalists, create the primary content which appears on the Web site.

The site was founded under the principle of non-profit journalism, and is meant to offer editorial views that compete with The Seattle Times

The Seattle Times

The Seattle Times is a newspaper serving Seattle, Washington, US. It is the largest daily newspaper in the state of Washington. It has been, since the demise in 2009 of the printed version of the rival Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle's only major daily print newspaper.-History:The Seattle Times...

, as well as other mainstream media outlets in the region.