South Seattle Emerald

In a community long silenced by mainstream media, The Emerald acts as a powerful megaphone: amplifying the voice and experience of South Seattle. Founded as a platform that authentically depicts the dynamic voices, culture, arts, ideas, and businesses that fall within South Seattles borders, the Emerald is news as it was originally intended to be:... not as business, nor as a forum for propaganda, but as a service to the community it chronicles. In the words of Board Vice President, Bridgette Hempstead: For the community, by the community, to the community. South Seattle Emerald Board Secretary Sera Day, Founder & Editor-in-Chief Marcus Harrison Green and Board Vice President Bridgette Hempstead at the Emeralds 1st Anniversary Party Founder, Publisher, and Editor-in-Chief Marcus Harrison Green and Board President Devin Chicras discuss the Emeralds mission with Mike McCormick of KEXP. At this time we have closed comments on our articles. We believe that anonymous comment sections do little in the way of fostering intelligent, civic debate. We will instead seek to engage with our readership in a variety of alternative forums. We came to this decision after it became abundantly clear that our articles, largely featuring and written by members from BIPOC communities, became targets for racists, sexist, and bigoted comments. In the digital age, social media has largely replaced under-article forums. On a human level, those comments have real world consequences for people who make themselves vulnerable by publicly sharing their stories.Read More