Savannah Butcher

In elementary school, to spite child labor laws, I started my own newspaper and ran it like The Gray Lady for three years. Now, after almost 15 years of reporting, I still feel incredibly lucky to tell people’s stories.

Originally from the Seattle area, I was the managing editor of my high school newspaper The Riptide and a staffer for both The Knox Student and The Daily Free Press, my two college papers. I interned at the Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber, covering a small island community near Seattle only accessible by ferry. From June through September of 2026, I was a metro intern at The Seattle Times, where I served as a breaking news night reporter. I published over 50 stories in ten weeks, balancing live coverage of events, including a mass shooting and a plane crash, along with longer enterprise pieces. I’m currently reporting for the Bay State Banner in Boston through a newsroom program with Boston University. When I’m not overfilling reporters’ notebooks, you can find me behind a camera or drawing.

I study journalism and political science at Boston University, and will graduate in May of 2027. I’m looking for a newsroom of people who celebrate public records like album releases and could always go for another cup of coffee. Don’t hesitate to reach out if this sounds like you — or if you’d just like to talk about the Mariners.