C.R.
Douglas
C.R.
Douglas is the host of City Inside/Out and City Inside/Out: Council
Edition, the SEATTLE CHANNEL'S weekly news/interview programs. He
also serves as a reporter for the Seattle Channel and hosts Ask the
Mayor, a monthly call-in program with the Seattle Mayor.
C.R. has also appeared numerous times in local media as a
political analyst, including KCPQ-TV, NWCN (Northwest Cable
News), KING-TV, KONG-TV, KIRO Radio, KPLU Radio, and BBC Radio.
C.R. has been named "The Charlie Rose of Seattle" by Seattle
Magazine, "Best On-Air Interviewer" by the Seattle Weekly and
"Local Political Genius” by The Stranger. He is the recipient of
two Emmy Awards (NW Region) and multiple NATOA Awards
(national).
Seattle Channel host C.R. Douglas is leaving the station next month
(June 2011) after 14 years. Douglas, host of the weekly public
affairs program “City Inside/Out” and the monthly “Ask The Mayor,”
sent an email to colleagues this morning sharing news of his
imminent departure.
“After long reflection I’ve decided that
it’s time to repot the plant and try something new,” Douglas wrote.
“That may be in TV, that may not be.”
Whatever he does next,
Douglas said by phone later, it won’t be in politics. “I’m not
running for office, and I’m not going to work for the mayor,”
Douglas said. “I’m a journalist at heart.” The 45-year old Bellevue
native also said he’s definitely staying in Seattle.
Douglas’
TV career began with a “Wayne’s World”-like public affairs show
called “Northwest Week,” on Seattle’s public-access cable channel.
“My show was on between the religious fortune teller and the
nudity,” Douglas said. But “Northwest Week” got noticed by lots of
people, and the show got picked up by Tacoma public TV station KBTC.
Douglas also got part-time work at the Seattle Channel. His hosting
duties for “City Inside/Out” and “Ask The Mayor” began in 2002.
The decision to leave at the end of this season was many years
in the making and was made before the recently announced departure
of station manager Beth Hester, Douglas says. But, he said the
professional partnership he had with Hester makes it easier for
Douglas to leave now. “It’s hard to imagine a better professional
relationship than what I had with Beth,” Douglas said. Hester is now
Mayor Mike McGinn’s director of communications, and a national
search is underway to find her replacement at the Seattle Channel.
Douglas said he has no regrets about his TV career. He joked
that any gaffes he made on-camera over the years were edited out
before the programs aired. He also still smarts over one “get” that
got away: a scheduled interview with Jeff Bezos that the Amazon
founder called off at the last minute.
Acting Seattle Channel
station manager Gary Gibson said in an email that the station
remains committed to the programs that Douglas hosted. "The Seattle
Channel will be looking for a new public affairs producer/host and
we plan to continue producing 'City Inside/Out,' 'Ask the Mayor' and
other public affairs programming," Gibson wrote.
The final
episode of “City Inside/Out” with Douglas in the host chair will air
June 17, and Douglas will preside over one more episode of “Ask The
Mayor” with McGinn. Between now and then, the Seattle Channel will
find out how many Emmy awards Douglas will collect for the station
this year. Last year, Douglas won two of the prestigious awards, and
he has three nominations for 2011. The awards ceremony will take
place early next month.
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