Hello Queen Anne! I’m Thea Chard, a fellow Queen Anne resident and QueenAnneView.com’s new editor. In this position I will serve as your go-to person at the site, which exists to provide not only a daily news source for Queen Anne, but also a community forum for the residents and patrons of this neighborhood.
I want to take this opportunity to tell you a little bit about myself, because as much as I’m thrilled to have been given the opportunity to delve into my neighborhood on a daily basis, the real reason I’m here is to help this site become a way for us all to connect with each other. This is a venue for our community conversation, after all.
I am a native Seattleite who grew up in Magnolia, went to high school in Ballard, and after four years away at college in California, returned home and settled in beautiful Queen Anne. I am a writer. I am your neighbor.
I received my B.A. from the University of Southern California, where I double majored in Print Journalism and English, with an emphasis in creative writing. Over the course of my professional career I have been fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to work with many media organizations, in print, online and broadcast journalism. While living in Los Angeles I worked on the online staff for “Marketplace,” a daily business radio program produced by American Public Media. I spent six months reporting for the Los Angeles Times from their northern European bureau located in London. I have written for publications ranging from the Los Angeles Times, to the Santa Monica Daily Press, and most recently Seattle Magazine.
And now I am here, ready to write about everything that makes our amazing neighborhood (which I am proud to say is officially the best spot in town) – tick. I love Queen Anne. I live in Queen Anne. And now I will spend my days documenting our home, writing about all things Queen Anne here, at QueenAnneView.com.
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16 responses so far ↓
1 mygreenlake // Aug 9, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Welcome to the neighborhood blogging world, Thea!
2 A.M. Gwynn // Aug 10, 2009 at 11:33 am
I now have a new Blog Love of course!
From one proud Queen Anne resident to another, thanks.
I am so glad we have this fabulous community Blog.
3 karenromine // Aug 10, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Hello, Thea! Thanks for lending us your talents in this way. I appreciate it!!
4 nycoug // Aug 10, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Sounds good! This website seemed underutiilized! I understand the Queen Anne farmers market is really nice and I am glad someone from QA made it into the Miss Seafair contest but all one has to do is go to capitolhillseattle.com to see what a REAL community website can be. Food reviews, police blotters… Just a more accurate viewpoint of city life than Queen Anne school board elections…… Good luck with your new position Thea!
5 Rick Lewon // Aug 10, 2009 at 9:48 pm
It's great to see Queen Anne View hiring people! You guys are beating the pants off of traditional media like the Seattle Times, and just look what happened to the PI!
You guys are the future of media and obviously you have found an economic model that works. Everywhere I go I hear about http://www.myballard.com and you guys have become celebrities in Ballard. I find myself checking your sites hourly for the latest–there's no way the big daily newspapers can match your coverage!
Keep up the good work.
Rick Lewon
6 Je // Aug 11, 2009 at 10:53 am
Yay! Welcome! I've been reading this blog for a couple months or so, and I'm excited to see it go in the direction of some of the other robust neighborhood blog. Welcome Thea! Do you have a direct contact email?
7 QueenAnneView // Aug 11, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Thanks you for all your kind words everybody! I'm very excited to be here, hopefully making this site the best it can be.
You've all be so supportive, so thank you!
Our email, tips@queenanneview.com, goes directly to me and is the best way to reach me any time of day (I have email access 24/7). So please, don't hesitate to send over a quick email if you ever happen upon something we should be covering. Tips from community members make up a huge amount of our stories, and we could always use more!
Thanks again!
8 Jeff_Reynolds // Jan 4, 2010 at 8:37 am
Great Blog! I've enjoyed keeping an eye on the breaking stories and I have enjoyed your twitter feed as well.
Cheers,
Jeff
9 Jeff // Jan 4, 2010 at 4:37 pm
Great Blog! I've enjoyed keeping an eye on the breaking stories and I have enjoyed your twitter feed as well.
Cheers,
Jeff
10 aljoseattle // Mar 7, 2010 at 5:21 pm
Thank you for all the work you are doing. I hope you are enjoying the job and it is working for you. This site is a very nice addition the our neighborhood. Thanks again.
11 larry // Jun 8, 2010 at 10:10 am
You are doing a great job. keep up the great work! Question for you. I live on the west slope(Gilman and 12th) and heard some buzz on one of the local papers that people were complaining about the cruise ship horns. I found this as about hilarious as the people bemoaning the new store next to 5 corners hardware but thought I would mention it to see if you has heard anything. Thanks for your time and love having you here!
12 Thea // Jun 8, 2010 at 10:15 am
Hi Larry,
Thanks! I’ve heard some buzz regarding the cruise ship horns as well, but mostly from our sister site, MagnoliaVoice.com–that and airplane noise seems to have become a big issue as well. As far as I know, there hasn’t been much news on this lately, but I’ll keep you posted.
Thanks for reading!
Thea
13 Jennifer Crowley // Jun 8, 2010 at 9:43 pm
Hi Thea–that is my husband in neighbor in the farmer’s market pic….can I get a hard copy?
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