Parks frequently comments on Pacific Northwest economic trends on public radio in Seattle. Search his name on KUOW's web site for downloadable podcasts. He is quoted regularly in Pacific Northwest newspapers and has been quoted in The Economist, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Parks was quoted in the June 27, 2009, issue of The Economist in an article on the economy of Washington State.
Upcoming presentations
Michael J. Parks, editor emeritus of Marple's Letter, has been studying, writing
about and speaking about the economy and companies of the Pacific Northwest for
more than 30 years.
Parks joined The Seattle Times in
1967. He became the newspaper’s financial editor
in the early 1970s. He moved to Marple's Letter in
1977, and was editor and publisher until September 2009. The letter is now published by Random Lengths Publications, Inc., Eugene, OR.
The newsletter is named for its founder,
the late Elliot Marple, who pioneered serious business
journalism in the Pacific Northwest.
Parks, a native of Spokane, Washington, is a journalism
graduate of Seattle University, and an alumnus of
the University of Washington’s School of Communications.
He is an amateur economist, self-taught.
Parks speaks frequently on the outlook
for the Pacific Northwest economy for a wide variety
of financial, business, professional and service groups,
as well as in the classroom. Some material from recent presentations can be found here.
Marple’s
Pacific Northwest Letter provides intelligence
on economic and company trends in the Pacific Northwest
and Alaska for individual and company subscribers
in the Pacific Northwest and nationally. The newsletter
has been published alternate Wednesdays for more than
half a century, since April 1949.
Parks is a former non-employee correspondent (stringer) for Business Week, Advertising Age, American Banker and The Bond Buyer. Avocations include power walking, attending
opera and world travel.
Upcoming presentations
November 3, Pacific Northwest economic update for clients of Riverview Wealth Management Services, Vancouver, Wash.
November 5, Moss Adams 2009 Northwest Manufacturing and Distribution Conference, Seattle.
November 12, Annual Seminar for Banking Professionals, RSM McGladrey, SeaTac, Wash.
November 14, annual meeting, Wasco Electric Cooperative, The Dalles, Ore.
November 19, Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants Not-for-Profit Conference, Seattle.
December 8, annual economic outlook event in Bellingham for invited clients and guests of U.S. Bank of Washington.
January 14, annual presentation to management and senior staff of Pemco, Seattle.
January 19, annual economic outlook breakfast for invited clients and guests of U.S. Bank of Washington, Seattle.
January 27, regional economic update for members of the South Snohomish County Chamber of Commerce.
February 2, annual presentation to the Puget Sound Chapter of RMA The Risk Management Association.
March 19, Puget Sound Chapter, Construction Financial Management Association.
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