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The South Seattle Emerald — the only nonprofit, BIPOC-focused media outlet serving South Seattle — is powered by a small, dedicated staff and supported by a broad community of reporters, photographers, and editors who help bring South End stories to life.
We're fundraising to grow our staff and hire our first full-time reporter. If you believe in us and our work, support our campaign with a donation.
Florangela Davila is the child of a Colombian mother and Peruvian father. She was born and raised in Los Angeles before moving to Seattle where she started her journalism career as an intern at The Seattle Times. She managed two different public media newsrooms in Seattle before taking the helm at the Emerald as the executive director/executive editor in early 2025.
Rosette Royale is the managing editor, a writer, and a storyteller, whose first gig in journalism was in 1995 at the Provincetown Banner, on the tip of Cape Cod. He spent more than a decade as a reporter and editor at Real Change News. She loves to elevate the voices of people whose stories often go unheard.
Agueda Pacheco Flores is the social media manager and advertisement coordinator. She immigrated to the U.S. as a child and has grown up in South King County ever since. Her writing has appeared in The Seattle Times, Tasteful Rude, Remezcla, Rails to Trails Conservancy, and more. When she isn’t writing, Agueda enjoys collecting vinyl, hanging out with her chickens, and raising her toddler.
Alex Garland is a Seattle-based photographer, reporter, and artist who has covered major protests and activist movements since the 2011 Occupy demonstrations. He is a regular contributor to the South Seattle Emerald and Capitol Hill Seattle Blog.
Amanda Sorell is a storyteller who lives in Seattle and the environmental justice editor for the Emerald. She brings a passion for food access, farming, and foraging, cultivated over 12 years editing and writing for homesteading magazines. She's also invested in elevating the stories of people in her communities.
Brett Hamil is the creator of the weekly DOOM LOOP cartoon. He’s a writer, cartoonist, and performer living in the South End.
Di Zhang writes a monthly digital literacy column. He is a teacher and librarian in South King County. Passionate about promoting digital citizenship and information literacy in all forms, Di has taught these skills to media organizations, educators and students, librarians, and the general public. He lives in Federal Way with his wife, daughter, and son.
Gennette Cordova is a writer, organizer, and social impact manager. She is a contributing columnist who has also written for Teen Vogue. She runs Lorraine House, which seeks to build and uplift radical communities through art and activism.
Grace (DD) Madigan is a queer, Chinese American adoptee and Seattle-based journalist. She contributes arts and feature stories. She was formerly the arts and culture reporter for KNKX radio, where she covered everything from Megan Rapinoe's last home game to a local cheesemonger competing in the national championship. She loves her cat Julie and coaching high school soccer in her free time.
Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero, a contributing news reporter, is a homegrown South Seattleite and proud daughter of immigrants. She is a journalist who is passionate about crafting human-interest narratives that highlight and empower underrepresented communities. Her stories have been featured in The Seattle Times, International Examiner, Capitol Hill Seattle Blog, and the Washington State Standard.
Jas Keimig, the Emerald's arts and culture reporter, is a writer and critic based in Seattle. They previously worked on staff at The Stranger, covering visual art, film, music, and stickers. Their work has also appeared in Crosscut, i-D, Netflix, and The Ticket. They won a game show once.
Lilly Ana Fowler is a contributing opinion columnist. Her stories have appeared on NPR, The Seattle Times, The Atlantic, The Los Angeles Times, and other publications. She was born in Mexico, grew up on the border, and is currently based in Seattle.
Lola E. Peters is semi-retired from a 40-year-plus career as an organizational development and training professional. She has published a book of essays, The Truth About White People, as well as two collections of poems, Taboos and The Book of David: A Coming of Age Tale, and written articles and essays for many publications, including the Emerald™. Lola has been a proud member of Seattle’s African-American Writers’ Alliance since 2007.
Marcus Harrison Green is the editor-at-large. Growing up in South Seattle, he experienced firsthand the impact of one-dimensional stories on marginalized communities, which taught him the value of authentic narratives. In 2014, he founded the South Seattle Emerald™.
Maya Tizon, born and raised in Seattle, has a deep love for the region they grew up in. After graduating from the University of Washington and writing for The Daily UW, she went up north to cover public safety at The Everett Daily Herald. Tizon is a contributing news reporter who has also freelanced for The Seattle Times and the International Examiner. They enjoy covering arts and culture, community activism, and race and equity.
Megan Christy, the copy and digital editor, has worked with a range of storytelling formats from romance role-playing games to nonprofit grant proposals. As a granddaughter of an incarcerated Japanese American during WWII, Megan is passionate about helping those whose voices have been forgotten, overlooked, or silenced by society.
M. Anthony Davis (Mike Davis) is The Round Up newsletter editor and Voices editor. Born and raised in Seattle's South End, Mike is a longtime journalist who's covered everything from arts and culture to sports to politics.
Patty Tang is a photographer whose work has been featured in Real Change News, The Stranger, as well as the South Seattle Emerald.
Susan Fried is a veteran photographer with more than 40 years of experience and has served as The Skanner News’ Seattle photographer for 25 years. She has been a contributor to the South Seattle Emerald since 2015.
Yuko Kodama is the news editor. She got to know Southeast Seattle by going door to door along MLK Jr. Way South and Rainier Avenue South as a Sound Transit community liaison between Beacon Hill through the Rainier Valley to SeaTac. Her weekly “South End Life” column spotlights the stories of neighbors and community members that weave through the South End.
