Sandi Doughton is an American author and science journalist for ''

The Seattle Times ''The Seattle Times'' is a daily newspaper serving Seattle, Washington, United States. It was founded in 1891 and has been owned by the Blethen family since 1896. ''The Seattle Times'' has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Washington (s ...

''.

Career

Doughton was born in

Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...

and earned an undergraduate degree from the

University of New Mexico The University of New Mexico (UNM; es, Universidad de Nuevo México) is a public research university in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Founded in 1889, it is the state's flagship academic institution and the largest by enrollment, with over 25,400 ...

with majors in biology and journalism and a minor in chemistry. She chose to enter journalism full time and began her career at the '' Los Alamos Monitor'' in

Los Alamos, New Mexico Los Alamos is an census-designated place in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, United States, that is recognized as the development and creation place of the atomic bomb—the primary objective of the Manhattan Project by Los Alamos National Labora ...

. Doughton moved to ''

The News Tribune ''The News Tribune'' is an American daily newspaper based in Tacoma, Washington. It is the second-largest daily newspaper in the state of Washington with a weekday circulation of 30,945 in 2020. With origins dating back to 1883, the newspaper w ...

'' in

Tacoma, Washington Tacoma ( ) is the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. A port city, it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, Washington, Olympia, and northwest of Mount ...

, where she was an environment and health reporter before being hired by ''

''. Her first book, ''Full-Rip 9.0: The Next Big Earthquake in the Pacific Northwest'', was published in 2013 by

Sasquatch Books Sasquatch Books is an American book publishing company based in Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 1986 by David Brewster of the ''Seattle Weekly'' and primarily publishes nonfiction books about the western United States and Canada and cover t ...

. It describes the earthquake risk posed to the Pacific Northwest by the

Cascadia subduction zone The Cascadia subduction zone is a convergent plate boundary that stretches from northern Vancouver Island in Canada to Northern California in the United States. It is a very long, sloping subduction zone where the Explorer, Juan de Fuca, and ...

, including its discovery in the late 20th century, and predicts its effects on the region's cities and potential aftermath. Doughton's coverage of the 2014 Oso landslide for ''The Seattle Times'' earned her the David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism from the

American Geophysical Union The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization of Earth, atmospheric, ocean, hydrologic, space, and planetary scientists and enthusiasts that according to their website includes 130,000 people (not members). AGU's act ...

in 2015.

Works

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References

External links

Articles by Sandi Doughton
at ''

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