How to pitch the Seattle Times

Want to get placement in Seattle’s last newspaper standing? Better be from the Northwest. Ryan Blethen, an editorial page editor at the Seattle Times , told the Cision Navigator blog that he does want to receive press materials from PR firms, except they should come from local firms. He feels their pitches are more relevant to the Seattle Times op-ed readers. “It’s better when pitches are written by people in the Northwest and have a connection here,” he said. “We get bombar…