a skilled writer & editor

20 Years in Nonprofits and Journalism

Andrew Engelson is an award-winning freelance journalist and editor with with over twenty years of experience. Most recently serving as News Director/Deputy Assistant at the South Seattle Emerald, Andrew was also the founder and editor of Cascadia Magazine. His journalism, essays, and writing have appeared in the South Seattle Emerald, The Stranger, Crosscut, PubliCola, the Urbanist, Investigate West, ABA Journal, Real Change, Tin House, University of Washington Magazine, High Country News, Seattle Weekly, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Seattle Times, Washington Trails, and many other publications. He’s passionate about narrative journalism on a range of topics, including local politics, the environment, social justice, arts & culture, LGBTQ issues, and science. He’s the winner of several first place awards from the Western Washington Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, and was selected as a “Visionary to Watch” in Seattle Magazine’s 2019 Most Influential People issue. You’ll find his resume at LinkedIn, and you can follow him on Twitter at @andyengelson.