About Us
The Olympic Herald was founded to pursue a different type of journalism: investigative, independent, and relentlessly focused on holding power accountable.
In an era where billionaires and corporations have captured once-trusted news organizations, we believe the media’s loyalty must belong to the citizens—not shareholders, hedge funds, or wealthy interests. While other outlets cut staff and consolidate, we are digging deeper. We follow the paper trails, attend the hearings, and ask the uncomfortable questions that others are too compromised or afraid to ask.
Our Mission
We exist to uncover the stories that go untold in Washington state. From local courthouses to the state capital, our goal is to expose corruption and demand transparency.
Whether it is investigating the appointment of court officials with criminal records or exposing cronyism in judicial contracts, we provide the scrutiny necessary to protect the public interest.
Why subscribe?
I founded the Olympic Herald to pursue a different type of journalism in Washington state. A fearless, independent investigative journalism that holds power accountable, from the local courthouse to the state capital.
My late grandfather, Tom Hennessy, was an award winning columnist. In the 1960s, he started an alternative weekly newspaper called the Pittsburgh Forum.
The night before it was due to publish a story on local corruption, the paper had been illegally restrained by Judge Wentley of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas from printing a report linking the city’s vast Mellon family business interests to the financial deterioration of the University of Pittsburgh in the mid-1960’s.
My grandfather explained: “it is my personal view that the Forum has rightful possession to the document and to its publication and that the denial of such publication would be a denial of the freedom of the press provisions of the First Amendment to the Constitution.”
In 1975, he began reporting for the Detroit Free Press. He mostly covered environmental and social welfare issues. Then, he joined the Long Beach Press Telegram in 1980, and he wrote for them for nearly 30 years.
He was not afraid to cover controversial issues, even when they negatively impacted well-known politicians or wealthy individuals. He would expose local corruption. Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia described my grandfather as: “a Long Beach institution, not just well-known in the newspaper world, but in the entire community through all the work he did.”
The Olympic Herald will offer a similar type of journalism. I will not answer to shareholders, hedge funds, billionaire owners, or their wealthy friends. Our loyalty belongs to the citizens of Washington.
While other outlets cut staff and consolidate resources to maximize profit, we are digging deeper into the documents they ignore. We will follow the paper trails, attend the hearings, and ask the uncomfortable questions that others are too afraid—or too compromised—to ask.
There will be no paywalls. I intend to make everything I write available to all subscribers. If you want to support me and my work, you can make a donation to my GoFundMe or you can upgrade to a paid subscription.
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