Editor at Large

James Ross Gardner is the former editor in chief of Seattle Met. During his time as top editor the magazine won numerous awards, including the national City and Regional Magazine Association's award for general excellence, twice (in 2015 and 2018). While at Seattle Met, James's writing has garnered 14 first place awards from the regional chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and has been a finalist for seven national CRMA awards. His work has also appeared in Esquire, GQ, and The New York Times, among others. He lives in Seattle’s Central District neighborhood.

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A View to a Kill

Body cams would turn cops into cinematographers. But everyone’s a critic.

05/20/2011 By James Ross Gardner

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Geek: Knows How to Fold ’Em

05/20/2011 By James Ross Gardner

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Seattle Bookshelf

05/20/2011 By James Ross Gardner

TV Recap

Investigating The Killing: Episode Six

More suspects. More clues. Fewer crimes against Seattle verisimilitude.

05/02/2011 By James Ross Gardner

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Pop Cult: Green Lantern Rock

04/22/2011 By James Ross Gardner

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Seattle Bookshelf

04/22/2011 By James Ross Gardner

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Would You Survive the Big One at the Office?

04/22/2011 By James Ross Gardner

Weekend Pass

Weekend Getaway: Tacoma’s Heart of Glass

Keep an open mind on a sojourn to the South Sound.

04/22/2011 By James Ross Gardner

TV Recap

Investigating The Killing: Episode Four

Spoiler: There are “all kinds of silences” in the latest ep—and a new suspect.

04/18/2011 By James Ross Gardner

Theater

Book-It Tackles Great Expectations

Seattle’s great book adaptor presents literature’s most lovelorn orphan.

02/16/2011 By James Ross Gardner

Books & Talks

TONIGHT: Jonathan Evison at Elliott Bay Book Co

The Bainbridge Island author reads from his latest novel, West of Here.

02/16/2011 By James Ross Gardner

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This Product Will Change Your Life

How a game, an actor, and a mentor-driven startup program helped alter Seattle tech entrepreneurship (and maybe celebrities) forever.

02/01/2011 By James Ross Gardner

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Bleep of Faith

Penn Jillette doesn’t hate you.

01/18/2011 By James Ross Gardner

Film Review

Jeff Bridges Reprises an Old Role in Tron: Legacy

Too bad it’s the wrong old role.

12/16/2010 By James Ross Gardner

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Who Nuked My Cheese?

12/13/2010 By James Ross Gardner

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Naked Hunch

A Bellevue company believes airport security needn’t be a peep show.

12/13/2010 By James Ross Gardner

Get Out

52 Weekends

Getaways, adventures, and road trips for every weekend of the year.

12/10/2010 By James Ross Gardner With Lia Steakley Dicker, Olivia Margoshes, and Rachel Sturtz

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School of Knox

Why is Seattle Prep defending a former student convicted of murder?

11/08/2010 By James Ross Gardner

Exhibit

Battlestar Galactica Gets the Seattle Treatment

Holy frakking ship! The Cylons invade EMP—a recap.

10/26/2010 By James Ross Gardner

Cookbooks

What You Missed When You Missed Last Night’s Cookbook Author Roundtable

Aphrodisiacs, doughnuts, and the saddest oyster tale ever.

10/21/2010 By James Ross Gardner