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Looking Ahead at The SunBreak

via greatcities.org

Changes are just all over the place at The SunBreak these days. Michael van Baker and Audrey Hendrickson are leaving, Rachel Breiwick and I are on our way in, and change is in the air.

With the official power changeover happening this very week, now seemed like the perfect time to clue in readers on what to expect with new captains at the helm. So here’s what’s coming your way, The SunBreak. Specifically…

A New Posting Series

You may have already noticed, but beginning Monday, September 9, Rachel launched the first of our new weekday series, Your Daily SunBreak. With Your Daily SunBreak, you’ll find everything you love about The SunBreak in a whole new format, with each day bringing its own delicious little slice of Seattle.

On Mondays, you’ll find The Weekend Debrief, catching you up on all the best and most interesting of the weekend’s goings-on. On Tuesdays, become a better citizen with our City Focus, keeping you abreast of the latest and greatest in politics and civic-mindedness. On hump day, we’ll liven up your workweek with the Seattle Spotlight, a wild card post about whatever we think will strike your fancy.

Be sure you’ve eaten — or else are ready to hit the town — on Thursdays, when we post our 5 Things to Know Before Ordering At…, exposing the need-to-know elements before you visit that new place. And, to round out the week, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without our new The Week Ahead post, giving you a heads up about all the events to keep on your radar.

More Articles

Our number one priority at The SunBreak is providing you with the highest quality articles possible, and as many as you can read. We anticipate upping that number in the near future, so stay tuned for the news that matters. We promise not to waste your time.

More Reader Involvement

We love our readers. And we think it’s time to take this relationship to the next level. You can already like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter (and if you haven’t yet, what are you waiting for?), but soon you’ll be able to get even more SunBreak goodness on Instagram, and contribute your vision of Seattle to our front page. We know our readers are intelligent and creative people, with much to contribute, and we can’t wait to see what ideas you might have for us. We want to know what you know and see what you see. Insta-addicts, start your engines.

We have big plans for The SunBreak, and we are thrilled to get to take you all with us as we move forward. Get excited, Seattle. It’s going to be good.

Announcements, News

Meet New Managing Editor Bekah Graham

With the first Husky victory of the season just behind us, and Seattleites still in the afterglow of Bumbershoot, a change of seasons is in the air for Seattle. As students ready themselves for the first week of school—saddened, perhaps, by the end of the teachers strike—the seasons are also changing at The Sunbreak, as founding members Editor-in-Chief Michael Van Baker and Managing Editor Audrey Hendrickson strike out for new horizons.

But, before they do, they’ve appointed successors. First, of course, they have chosen the immensely talented, capable, and vivacious Rachel Breiwick, whom I have had the privilege of working with before and whose great enthusiasm and vision perfectly suits her for her new role as editor-in-chief. Read her introduction here.

For second-in-command, they have chosen me to step in as the new managing editor, twiddling with the nuts and bolts of The Sunbreak and ensuring we continue to be able to provide you with the high-quality reporting you’ve come to expect.

So hello, Seattle. I’m Bekah Graham. I’m Northwest born and bred and, like Rachel, a graduate of SPU’s creative writing program. Though I’m originally from Eugene, Oregon, I’m not a Duck fan, and Seattle has held my heart and been my home since my first visit years ago. When I’m not raving about this town, you can find me catching up with friends over cappuccinos, making to-do lists for the sheer joy of checking them off, enjoying Mad Men or one of several British TV shows, or out buying dozens of old books that I never seem to have time to finish.

I’ve been in and out of Seattle for the last several years, traipsing around the globe and gaining new experiences, but I’ve always been counting down the days until I would be back in Seattle. I’ve worked as a Fulbright scholar teaching English in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, spent a year in Redding, California working as a freelance book editor, and visited China, Thailand, Australia, and England. Yet nowhere I’ve been holds a candle to this great city. I am passionate about this place.

Readers of The Sunbreak, it’s a pleasure to meet you. Thanks for having me along for the ride.

Bekah Graham