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The White Center Blog is a sister site to its southerly neighbor, The B-Town (Burien) Blog, and is part of a network of local blogs that cover the Southwest King County area, including:

We believe that White Center is one of the most diverse, lively and interesting communities around, and we’re striving to make this blog reflect that.

The main Contributors to this website include:

Scott Schaefer, Founder/Publisher/Editor: With three National Emmy Awards for Writing on “Bill Nye the Science Guy” and over 23 years’ experience in TV/video, multimedia, marketing/advertising, technology and the internet, Scott started a series of local blogs as a hobby and has since turned them into a full-time business. His other credits include as a Director on “Penn & Teller:Bullsh*t!” (Showtime), “The Arsenio Hall Show” (Paramount), “Sightings” (Paramount), “Totally Hidden Video” (Fox), “America’s Funniest People” (ABC), Fox On-Air Promotions and KING-TV’s “Almost Live!” where he got his start in 1985.
Sarah Fox, Writer/Editor. Our newest contributor to the WCB, Sarah Fox is a freelance writer, editor and historian residing in White Center. Sarah is a strong believer in the importance of blogs as meeting places for the members of a community to access, share, and discuss information crucial to the health of their neighborhoods, and she’s thrilled to be a part of the work of the WCB. She’s especially passionate about cultural events, education, and local politics, environmental, and social justice issues.
Mark Neuman, Writer/Marketing: former real-world Journalist, TV Host, Producer and Marketer, Mark is an old friend of Scott’s going back to when they worked on their high school newspaper together (West Seattle High’s “Chinook”). Mark has interviewed two US Presidents, cops, cooks and cartoonists, authors and artists, senators, singers, scholars and senior citizens, along with numerous local folks.
Janet Grella, Sales Director/Diva joined the LOL Dudez team in July of 2008. Seems like her retirement as Sales Manager from a local newspaper gave her too much time on her hands. So now she’s busy selling Ads and contributing stories, photos and video to our community blog sites. She came to us with not only 30+ years of advertising and marketing experience, but a keen understanding of the communities we serve – their people and businesses. With Janet on board, The B-Town Blog has enjoyed incredible growth in both readers and advertisers. Janet knows the future of advertising is online, not in newspapers.
Michael Brunk, Photographer. With a love of photography that spans more than 20 years, Michael has fond memories of film but wouldn’t give up his digital SLR for anything. His checkered past includes stints as a monthly columnist for a nationally published magazine on telecommunications and technology and several years reviewing movies. He’s also been known to dabble in community theater. His main qualifications are a large camera and free time.
Ralph Nichols, Reporter. Ralph specializes in public policy and legal issues, medical matters, and business profiles. For several years, he was an editor, reporter, and columnist for the Highline Times. Previously he worked in the Seattle area, Alaska and Idaho as a reporter for daily newspapers, United Press International, and trade publications; as a state capitol bureau chief and columnist; and a public relations writer and project manager.
Jack Mayne, Reporter. Jack Mayne has done about all there is to do in print journalism. He has been city editor of the Seattle P.I. back in its glory days, edited the Journal American in Bellevue and Valley Daily News in Kent in the 1990s. Before that he was a freelance international journalist and reported from South Africa, China, visited over 80 countries and even covered a colonial war in the 20th century between the United Kingdom and Argentina over the desolate Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. He got his start at the Vancouver Province, thence to The Associated Press, becoming chief of the New England bureau, but a desire of AP to send him to Buffalo, N.Y., drove him back to Seattle. With writing for print becoming quaint and dated, he is now setting his sights on Web journalism and has written several stories for the B-Town Blog and plans many more.
Gina Bourdage, Reporter/Graphic Designer: graduate of Washington State University with a B.A. in Communications, Gina is a native who currently resides on the cusp of the newly-annexation area. She writes, reports, reviews and even creates our cool Ads.