Joel Connelly worked for The Seattle Post-Intelligencer from 1973 until it ceased print publication in 2009, and SeattlePI.com from 2009 to June 2020. During that time, he wrote about nine presidential races, 11 Canadian and British Columbia elections, four doomed WPPSS nuclear plants, six Washington wilderness battles, creation of two national Monuments (Hanford Reach and San Juan Islands), a 104-million-acre Alaska Lands Act, plus the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area.
