The NW Daily Marker is fortunate to draw on a community of talented local writers and experts to deliver incisive and thoughtful commentary and analysis on the issues affecting our distinctive American region. Our publication aims to meet American news tycoon William Randolph Hearst’s standard of being “conspicuously accurate in everything.” As Hearst said, “Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more interesting.”

As a result of our commitment to high quality content, within three months of being launched NW Daily Marker was included as one of the four “best state-based political blogs” in Washington State by The Washington Post‘s Chris Cillizza, who writes for the political blog “The Fix.”

Prominent state and government affairs firm Stateside Associates also recognized NW Daily Marker as one its two best state politics blogs in Washington State alongside The Seattle Times’ “Politics Northwest” blog.

Our mission is to deliver facts and commentary to our readers as a means for stimulating a more robust conversation in the public-at-large. We live in a time that one conservative new media phenom correctly describes as a “renaissance of investigative journalism and participatory democracy.” The free range environment of the Internet – a “come as you are” universe of alternative viewpoints – has provided a much-needed contrast to the traditional media. We at the NW Daily Marker believe that a media organization should have a point of view, but we also believe that the power of civil conversation is at the heart of improving the civic condition of the communities in which we all live.

Advocating a particular point of view, however, should never trump higher responsibilities to ethics and intellectual honesty. In an age when communication is decentralizing at an accelerating pace, the burden of responsibly handling information falls on the shoulders of new media entrepreneurs. We take the responsibility very seriously.

We are committed to forging friendly relationships with contributors who can provide challenging positions on the issues, and we welcome unsolicited contributions. (For more details about our contributor guidelines, see Write For Us.) The friction of competing ideas fuels the fire in which to forge strong solutions.

NW Daily Marker was founded in 2011 by Bryan Myrick who adds this new publication to a body of work in the field of communications and his credits writing on national and local politics since 2008. He has been a featured contributor at Red County, and served for a time as the site’s West Regional Editor.

Our Pledge to Ethical Journalism

In addition to adhering to the precepts of the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics, the NW Daily Marker has pledged to a set of ethics created by the Washington News Council and known as the TAO of Journalism Pledge. The TAO circumscribes policies and procedures designed to ensure that reporting is Transparent, Accountable, and Open, three values we believe should be promoted in journalism as well as in government.

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Bryan Myrick has been writing on national and local politics since 2008. He is a featured contributor at Red County, and served for a time as the site’s West Regional Editor. Bryan’s previous fifteen years of experience as an owner, executive and manager in the field of mortgage finance (clutching his scruples tightly the entire time) inform his analysis of economic and regulatory issues. He also holds a degree in political science and communications from the University of Washington in Seattle. His writing has appeared at a variety of other blogs and online media outlets. Email Bryan at bryan.myrick@nwdailymarker.com.

Mike Stall

Mike is a software engineer living in King County who believes that putting the science first is key to finding solutions in energy policy. He blogs regularly at http://energypolicygeek.wordpress.com.

Nansen Malin

Nansen is Washington state director for Americans for Prosperity. Nansen can be reached via Twitter at @nansen.

Angie Vogt

Angie Vogt started paying attention to politics during the Iranian revolution in 1979 as an editor for her High School newspaper. Since that time she has busied herself as a political activist, freelance writer, as a co-host on Catholic radio, teaching Civics for homeschoolers and various ministry opportunities. She volunteered Dino Rossi for Governor campaign in 2008 organizing the veterans’ vote and advising the staff on veterans’ issues for Washington state and as a writer and social media consultant for Paul Akers’ U.S. Senate campaign in 2010. Angie also served as the South Regional Editor for Red County.

Jason Mercier

Jason Mercier is Director of the Center for Government Reform at Washington Policy Center. He serves on the Executive Committee of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force and is the private sector chairman of ALEC’s Fiscal Federalism Working Group. He is a contributing editor of the Heartland Institute’s Budget & Tax News, a columnist for SeattlePostGlobe.org, serves on the board of the Washington Coalition for Open Government, and was an advisor to the 2002 Washington State Tax Structure Committee. In June 2010, Governor Gregoire appointed Jason as WPC’s representative on her Fiscal Responsibility and Reform Panel. Jason holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Washington State University. Email Jason at jmercier@washingtonpolicy.org.

The NW Daily Marker is the owner and operator of NWDailyMarker.com (the Website), a website providing original reporting, updated links to the latest news, analysis of current events, and contributions from many notable commentators and civic leaders on national and Pacific Northwest regional issues.

This Privacy Policy (Policy) is about the information that NW DAILY MARKER collects, uses, and stores in operating the Website and making content available to you. This Policy applies to information that is collected on or through NWDailyMarker.com, as well as information that we collect offline.

NWDailyMarker.com is operated entirely within the United States. If you are located outside of the United States, please note that any information – including personal data – you provide to us will be transferred to and processed in the United States. You hereby consent to these transfers.

I. WHAT TYPES OF INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

A. Non-Personally Identifiable Information Collected When Using Our Services

NW DAILY MARKER collects non-personally identifiable information automatically through the use of electronic tools such as web beacons, “cookies”, and clickstream data that are deployed on the Website.

• Web Beacons – A web beacon is a type of picture file used on the Internet. Web beacons are used in combination with cookies to help monitor traffic at NWDailyMarker.com and understand the ways in which users interact with content on the website.
• Cookies – Cookies help provide a customized Web experience by enabling us to identify web users, but not specific individuals, who visit our website. You may choose not to provide such information by adjusting your Internet browser security settings to refuse cookies. Refusing cookies, however, may limit your ability to access certain pages and feature available on the website.
• Clickstream Data – In addition, NW DAILY MARKER may use third-party software to analyze the Web pages that your computer visits while visiting the website. This information, called “clickstream data,” is associated with your computer’s Internet protocol (IP) address and includes other information such as the type of browser your computer uses to access the Internet. We collect clickstream data to optimize search engine results and may also use clickstream data to analyze which portions of our website draw the most traffic so we can improve performance of our websites. This clickstream data may be shared with third party advertisers and marketing companies.
• IP Addresses – Although NW DAILY MARKER usually does not use IP addresses as a means to identify specific individuals, we may use IP addresses to help identify you or the computer you are using when we feel it is necessary to enforce compliance with our Terms of Use, this Privacy Policy, other NW DAILY MARKER policies, or to protect our services, website, systems, information, employees, business partners, providers, users, customers or others.

B. Personally Identifiable Information Collected When Using our Services

NW DAILY MARKER may collect certain types of personally identifiable information — that is, information that can identify an individual — including but not limited to:

• name;
• e-mail address;
• date of birth;
• zip code;
• credit or debit card information;
• username; and
• password;

We may collect some or all of this information if you:

• visit the website and make inquiries through the Website;
• purchase products or services on the Website;
• share your e-mail address to subscribe to email newsletters;
• share personal information when you post comments, messages, letters and the like on the Website;
• participate in any surveys, contests, or sweepstakes sponsored by NW DAILY MARKER;
  register on NWDailyMarker.com;
• share personal information when you provide tips, comments or questions to our news department; or
• provide it to us when contacting us about this Privacy Policy.

II. HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION?

We use your personally identifiable information for various reasons, including:

• to deliver content that you have requested from the website;
• to send e-mails that you have requested to receive from NW DAILY MARKER;
• to provide you with information about services, products, and features that may be of interest to you.
• we may from time to time send you special offers and advertisements for products or services offered by third parties. We will not disclose any of your personal information to such third parties when we do this; and
• in response to inquiries that you initiate with us about any aspect of the website.

III. WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT?

NW DAILY MARKER may share personally identifiable information with others, such as:

• third-party service providers who provide technical support for the operation of the website;
• third-party marketers, advertisers, research companies, and non-profit organizations;
• law enforcement authorities, government agencies, courts, or other entities, when:
  • we believe in good faith that the law requires it;
  • we deem it necessary or appropriate to provide such information; or
  • to otherwise protect our rights.
• another business, in the course of a sale to or merger with such business; or
• a court, another business, or other interested party in the event of a bankruptcy proceeding, in which case the information about you would be among the many assets shared or transferred.
• Third-party merchants with from whom you choose to make a purchase through the Website

IV. HOW CAN YOU MAKE CHOICES ABOUT THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU?

You can always choose not to submit any personally identifiable information to NW DAILY MARKER.

If you do not wish to receive communications from NW DAILY MARKER, you can unsubscribe to our e-mails. We will include an opt-out link or reply address in each such e-mail. After unsubscribing, you will be removed from our database. Please allow us up to 10 business days to process your request. After unsubscribing, you may still receive messages about the status of your account, to resolve technical issues, or to confirm a new registration with us.

If you wish to make changes to any personally identifiable information that you have provided us, or if you have any questions about what we do with your personally identifiable information, please send an e-mail to privacy@NWDailyMarker.com.

V. LINKS TO OTHER (THIRD PARTY) WEBSITES

NW DAILY MARKER may provide links to content or advertisements created, offered, sponsored, or available at third party websites. Your interactions with these third party websites are not governed by this Privacy Policy, but rather the privacy policies posted on those linked websites. NW DAILY MARKER is not responsible for your access to and use of these websites or any information you may share with them.

VI. HOW DO WE SECURE YOUR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION?

To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the appropriate use of the personally identifiable information we collect, we have implemented physical, electronic, and administrative procedures. These measures are based on commercially reasonable standards that similar companies use.

NO DATA TRANSMITTED OVER THE INTERNET, HOWEVER, CAN BE GUARANTEED TO BE 100% SECURE AT ALL TIMES. Although we have implemented security measures to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of such information.

VII. CHILDREN

This website is not directed to children. NW DAILY MARKER does not knowingly collect or solicit personally identifiable information from or about children under 13, except as permitted by law. If we discover that we have received any personally identifiable information from a child under 13, we will delete such information from our servers and records promptly.

VIII. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

NW DAILY MARKER reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes. We will post a notice on this website if and when this policy changes to alert visitors that a new policy is in place.

Any material – that is, really important – changes to the way we use or disclose personally identifiable information will only apply on a going-forward basis, unless we have your express consent to change the way we use or disclose the personally identifiable information we collected when the earlier version of this Privacy Policy was in effect.

IX. GOVERNING LAW

This Privacy Policy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Washington State without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law.

You agree that any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to this Privacy Policy shall be filed only in the state or federal courts in Washington State, and you hereby consent and submit exclusively to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such action. Either NW DAILY MARKER or you may demand that any dispute or claim between NW DAILY MARKER and you must be settled by arbitration utilizing the dispute resolution procedures of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) in Washington State. Both parties hereby acknowledge and agree to submit exclusively to the jurisdiction of the AAA in Washington State to resolve the applicable dispute or claim if arbitration is demanded. An arbitration demand, however, shall not prevent either party from seeking injunctive relief in a court of competent jurisdiction.

X. HOW TO CONTACT US

Questions and comments regarding this Privacy Policy should be directed to privacy@NWDailyMarker.com.

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Prior to submitting a piece for consideration, please take some time to familiarize yourself with the style of our content. Once you have a good idea of how NW Daily Marker communicates with our readers, send your piece to bryan.myrick at nwdailymarker.com in a Microsoft Word-compatible file format. Your submission will be responded to in a timely manner.

Please note, NW Daily Marker is not able to pay contributors at this time.