Taylor Mirfendereski

Investigative reporter, specializing in multimedia digital journalism. 2X Peabody winner. Scripps Howard winner. duPont finalist. 2X Livingston & IRE finalist.

[Taylor Mirfendereski @TaylorMirf]

When @ChristinAyers5 and I met George Floyd’s cousin at a WA protest in July, her chants for racial justice rang loudly.

But quietly, Shayla Zartman, a biracial Black woman, had been suffocating under the pressure of her own years-long racial reckoning. https://t.co/6U8db3ykco

[ProPublica @propublica]

New: A Seattle lab has lost janitorial services, hazardous waste support, IT and building maintenance as it waits for the Commerce Department secretary to personally approve all contracts over $100,000. https://t.co/TePwhYUdwZ

[Taylor Mirfendereski @TaylorMirf]

A federal jury just ordered NaphCare to pay $25 Million to former Pierce Co. inmate, Javier Tapia. My @KING5Seattle investigation found NaphCare used unqualified medical staff to treat inmates in jails across WA, including Tapia, who lost his leg in jail. https://t.co/ZPzD4xzjBw

[Taylor Mirfendereski @TaylorMirf]

Thanks @seattletimes, @DBeekman and @sydbrownstone for citing my last @KING5Seattle investigation in your story this morning. You have both done an outstanding job reporting on WA jails.

https://t.co/wb8Se218UO

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As I wrap up my final days at @KING5Seattle, here's one more investigation in my series about the lack of protections for people suffering in WA jails. This story reveals the $60+ million price tag taxpayers bear for a system that operates w/o oversight. https://t.co/gpsTczc7bg

[Taylor Mirfendereski @TaylorMirf]

@JessMcMasterKC Wow, thank you so much, Jessica. We are in this together, and I am rooting for you to find something amazing. 🤩 💪🏼

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@BJPrice22 Thank you so much, Brian!

[Taylor Mirfendereski @TaylorMirf]

@nanconnolly @KING5Seattle Thank you very much!

[Taylor Mirfendereski @TaylorMirf]

🚨 After nearly a decade as a @KING5Seattle investigative reporter, my job was eliminated. I’m proud my reporting has changed policies, laws & lives. I don’t want to stop. Got a great investigative gig in print, digital or TV? LMK. I can do it all! 📹✍️📷🗞️https://t.co/m1VhzjL9Md

[Taylor Mirfendereski @TaylorMirf]

@mydeitch Thanks so much, Michele! I appreciate that.

[Taylor Mirfendereski @TaylorMirf]

In multiple WA jails, low-level nurses who lack the training and legal authority to assess patients are making pivotal medical decisions about inmates.

Inmates and their families say it’s led to lifelong injuries and unnecessary deaths.

https://t.co/ZPzD4xzjBw? @KING5Seattle

[Taylor Mirfendereski @TaylorMirf]

@madisoncwade You rock lady! ✨

[Taylor Mirfendereski @TaylorMirf]

Here’s a snapshot of concerns raised by members of the King County Sheriff’s Office and the Snoqualmie Police Department about repeated security incidents at Echo Glen Children’s Center.

Read full story here: https://t.co/8MQsqovRA4

Watch video to see how the teens escaped.

[Taylor Mirfendereski @TaylorMirf]

Newly obtained surveillance video from the May escape of 7 teens from Echo Glen Children’s Center in Snoqualmie shows the inmates at the state-run juvenile detention center were completely running the show. Police emails show first responders were fed up. https://t.co/Mmq4CfmNcw

[Taylor Mirfendereski @TaylorMirf]

Workers a King Co. landfill are worried exposure to arsenic is affecting their health. As King County violated rules that exist to protect the environment & public health, landfill employees accused their bosses of failing to inform or protect them. https://t.co/oemc7Pe5Gl

[Maddie White @maddiewhitetv]

#BREAKING: Yet *another* jail break at this juvenile center.

We'll bring you the latest on KONG at 10, and KING 5 at 11, but in the meantime, please watch this excellent investigative piece by @TaylorMirf for background:

https://t.co/71dH8mXS2Z

[Taylor Mirfendereski @TaylorMirf]

@ZackNewsMan That’s amazing, Zack! Good for you. 👍🏼

[Taylor Mirfendereski @TaylorMirf]

We had a great time last night at the News & Documentary Emmy Awards in NYC! Grateful for the opportunity to be there in the company of such incredible journalists (including my wonderful @KING5Seattle coworkers @CJIngalls and Eric Desrosiers). 🙏🏼 @newsemmys

[Taylor Mirfendereski @TaylorMirf]

@PJ_onTV Congrats PJ! 🥰

[Taylor Mirfendereski @TaylorMirf]

Our @KING5Seattle investigative team is expanding! Come work with me + the best coworkers @SFrameK5 @CJIngalls & @Kellenphotog. We have support from @JulieWolfe to pursue stories that dig deep, expose injustice & drive change. Also, WA is paradise.🌲🌊🏔️🏕️ https://t.co/KFLp1JSuOR

[Chris Ingalls @CJIngalls]

New calls to fire the head of Washington's child welfare system. @TaylorMirf @K5Investigators and I have reported for years on serious problems within @waDCYF:

https://t.co/6vWxZfQOjA