OlympiaJoe

Writer & journalist covering gov’t, democracy & crisis. Ex-Cascade PBS, Seattle Times, Rapid City Journal. Bluesky/insta: Olympiajoe.
PNW/Jersey shore
#journalism #politics #pnw

PBS: https://crosscut.com/author/joseph-osullivan
Substack: https://substack.com/@olympiajoe
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/olympiajoe.bsky.social
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/olympiajoe

Last Notes

2026-04-23 02:09:39 UTC

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And you can stream it here: https://www.njpbs.org/programs/heres-the-story/heres-the-story-ya-got-your-beach-badge-s6djfj/

2026-04-22 17:23:43 UTC

“Here’s the Story: Ya Got Your Beach Badge?” premieres on Wednesday, April 22 at 8:00 p.m.
Encore broadcasts include:
Friday, April, 2:00 a.m.
Saturday, April 25, 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 26, 10:30 a.m.
I was interviewed for the special on the jersey’s shore’s lit zine Beach Badge, and read from my essay “We Envy Your Journey and Wish You Every Success”
To commemorate I penned a little appreciation of Beach Badge: https://open.substack.com/pub/olympiajoe/p/beach-badge-an-appreciation #jerseyshore #nj #writing #lbi #nonfiction

2026-01-26 02:41:50 UTC

I’m here in Olympia WA at the 3rd consecutive day of protest against ICE abuses.
About 400 people here. No counter-demonstrators that I see. #pnw #uspol #news
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2025-09-20 16:35:06 UTC

The Jersey Shore was long a KKK stronghold-
But was the Underground Railroad there too? My first effort to chip away at this enduring riddle:
https://olympiajoe.substack.com/p/the-house-on-pacific-avenue #uspol #history

2025-04-22 12:38:28 UTC

WA Gov. Bob Ferguson signs bill into law prohibiting other states from sending their Nat'l Guard troops to WA w/o approval.
“We just cannot allow as a state to have armed forces come into our home and enforce policies that are against our core values,” he said.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/wa-can-now-restrict-outside-national-guard-from-entering-state/ #pnw #seattle #uspol #politics

2025-03-18 19:10:11 UTC

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I am sorry that this happened- keeping you and your colleagues in my thoughts

2025-03-02 19:13:57 UTC

Olympic National Park's Hoh Rain Forest needs federal funds to reopen-
No one knows when it will.
The only road into the iconic rainforest is being washed away:
https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/olympic-hoh-rain-forest-closed-indefinitely-20192069.php #pnw #nature #seattle

2025-02-19 15:33:58 UTC

Trump's job cuts lead to closed trails, staff shortages in WA-
It is not yet clear how many federal workers have been terminated or how many live in Washington state. Lawsuits have been filed in an attempt to pause the layoffs.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/trumps-job-cuts-lead-to-closed-trails-staff-shortages-in-wa/ #pnw #news #politics

2025-02-10 14:03:54 UTC

Plans for 70-foot lighted cross above Leavenworth WA divide mountain town-
Including complaints that prayer group didn’t apply for a building permit until months after work had started & that the cross is getting preferential treatment by county regulators.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/plans-for-70-foot-lighted-cross-above-leavenworth-divide-mountain-town/ #pnw #religion #news

2025-01-30 16:29:34 UTC

ICE sightings in Seattle: Seattle Times reporters seeking info on Trump’s policies in the PNW-
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/northwest/ice-sightings-in-seattle-help-us-report-on-trumps-policies-in-the-pnw/ #news #pnw #seattle #politics

2025-01-23 16:25:19 UTC

Native American drivers 5x more likely to be searched by WA State Patrol-
Though disparities have decreased for other races compared to white counterparts, rates have continued to rise for Indigenous motorists since 2020. (via @npub1vwc…q3le)
https://www.cascadepbs.org/indigenous-affairs/2025/01/native-drivers-5x-more-likely-be-searched-wa-state-patrol #news #pnw

2024-09-27 17:44:18 UTC

Drug overdose deaths have continued to rise in Washington state, even as they've started to fall nationwide, according to preliminary CDC data.
(via @npub1ftq…pr0x)
https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2024/09/27/opioid-overdoses-washington-king-county?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslocal_seattle&stream=top #news #pnw