Margo Vansynghel is a Seattle-based journalist covering the rich cultural fabric of the Pacific Northwest. She is the arts economy reporter at The Seattle Times. Previously, she covered news, arts and human interest stories for Crosscut, a nonprofit Northwest news site, as well as various outlets in Seattle and abroad. Her writing aims to engage a wider audience in the arts and often focuses on politics, equity and policy. Her enterprise reporting on Seattle-area arts and culture has received awards from the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Society for Features Journalism.