Lynn Jacobson’s first journalistic gig was in the 1980s writing freelance theatre reviews for the alternative publication The New York Native. Her last (to date) was leading the day-to-day operations of The Seattle Times newsroom as managing editor from 2021 to 2026. 

In between, she wrote for Variety, Stegebill and American Theater magazine; edited the culture pages of Seattle Weekly; taught arts criticism at Cornish College; and held a long string of leadership positions at The Seattle Times, including editor of the youth newspaper Mirror, features editor, morning news editor, digital editor and deputy managing editor. A prodigious crew of fellow journalists, friends and family members helped her along the way. 

Lynn is especially gratified to have been able to work for one of the country’s few remaining independent, family-owned newspapers, in the city where she was born. She played a key role on the team that served the Northwest during the COVID pandemic and racial reckoning of the early 2020s, providing Seattle Times readers with breaking news, public-service journalism and investigative reports during one the region’s most challenging eras. 

She holds a master’s degree from NYU. As a proud alum of the UW, she has hosted countless Huskies on tours of the Seattle Times newsroom over three decades.