The ''Seattle Medium'' is an

African-American newspaper African-American newspapers (also known as the Black press or Black newspapers) are news publications in the United States serving African-American communities. Samuel Cornish and John Brown Russwurm started the first African-American period ...

that serves

Seattle Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest regio ...

Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...

. It was founded in January 1970, and bore the name ''The Medium'' from 1970 to 1983. In its early days, the paper employed as many as 50 staff. In 2014 the ''Medium'' completed a redesign, and remained committed to publishing in print as well as online. The paper won three

National Newspaper Publishers Association The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), formerly the National Negro Publishers Association, is an association of African American newspaper publishers from across the United States. History The NNPA was founded in 1940 when John H ...

awards in 2021, including first place in the "Best Original Advertising" category.

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* *Call numbers for ''The Medium'': ** ** *Call numbers for ''Seattle Medium'': ** ** African-American history in Seattle African-American newspapers Companies based in Seattle Newspapers published in Seattle 1970 establishments in Washington (state) Newspapers established in 1970 {{Washington-newspaper-stub