The Spokesman-Review

For nearly 140 years, The Spokesman-Review has been a leading voice of the inland Northwest, a region centered in Spokane and home to more than 730,000 people in eastern Washington and north Idaho. The region’s largest daily and family-owned, it delivers accurate and balanced news reports, data, analyses and commentaries. While its primary focus is Spokane County, this news organization also reports on surrounding rural counties and the five counties of the north Idaho Panhandle.

Current Position

Location: Spokane, Washington

Beat: Rural areas in Eastern Washington State

Position:

Much of eastern Washington is rural, especially the six counties surrounding Spokane -- home to farms, resource extraction industries, federal lands, reservations and Washington State University. This multimedia reporter tells these stories with in-depth reporting and photography. Issues include broadband access and how that affects remote teaching in poor rural school districts; wildfire and its ramifications on logging; the ways rural communities innovate to encourage economic development.

Reporter: James Hanlon