Journalist, editor, educator. Patricia Foote has worked as a reporter, arts and entertainment editor, newsfeature editor and is currently the Assistant Managing Editor/Administration in The Seattle Times newsroom. She oversees staff development and recruiting, policies, compensation, and other human-resource issues in the newsroom. She taught journalism at the University of Washington 1986-90, and has remained active in supporting the journalism program and its students. She serves on the UW Department of Communication Visiting Committee, is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists and a winner of the Times‘ Publisher’s Circle Award in 1998.