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 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. Parks has been owner, editor and publisher of
Marple's Letter since 1980.
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 Business Week
stringer (non-employee correspondent) in Seattle.
In his spare time, he enjoys power walking, attending
opera and world travel.
Upcoming presentations
August 20, economic keynote, 2009 Tri-State (Washington, Oregon, Idaho) Land Title convention as guest of the Washington Land Title Association.
Sept. 23, keynoter, annual policy summit, Association of Washington Business.
January 19, 2010, annual economic outlook breakfast, U.S. Bank of Washington.
March 19, 2010, Puget Sound Chapter, Construction Financial Management Association.
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