The Urbanist

The Urbanist’s Vision: The Puget Sound region’s built environment and social systems support thriving, healthy, sustainable, and just communities.

The Urbanist’s Mission: We tell stories that inform and influence the public and their leaders to create people-centered communities in the Puget Sound region.

The Urbanist is a growing and influential nonprofit media outlet based in Seattle, Washington, with two full-time journalists, one full-time development and events lead, several regular freelance reporters, and numerous major volunteer roles. We have more than 3,000,000 article reads per year and have expanded our readership in every year of our 12-year history.

The Urbanist is structured as a 501(c)(4) advocacy nonprofit with a philanthropic arm, The Urbanist Fund, a 501(c)(3 charity which supports our public-interest journalism. Our staff members are based in the Seattle metropolitan area and all work remotely.