Erica C. Barnett

**Erica Christine Barnett** (an haife ta a ranar 15 ga Satumba, 1977) 'Yar jarida ce kuma mai rubutu a shafin yanar gizo ta Amurka wacce ke ba da rahoto game da birnin Seattle.  An san ta a yankin Seattle saboda aikin jarida da take yi a Seattle.    

Kamfanin Viking Press ya fitar da littafinta *Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery* a ranar 7 ga Yuli, 2020.  

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
Barnett 'yar jihar Texas ce. Ta yi sha'awar 'yan jaridar kare hakkin jama'a Molly Ivins da Hunter S Thompson,  kuma ta halarci Jami'ar Texas da ke Austin daga 1995 zuwa 1999, inda ta kammala karatun digiri na farko a fannin falsafa. 

## Sana'a
Daga 1998 zuwa 2001, Barnett babbar editan labarai ce kuma marubuciya a *jaridar The Austin Chronicle*, sannan ta shafe shekaru biyu a *Seattle Weekly* kafin ta koma *The Stranger*, inda ta yi aiki a matsayin marubuciya har zuwa 2009.   Yayin da take can, ta sami lambar yabo ta Civic Award daga Municipal League of King County saboda mafi kyawun rahotannin harkokin gwamnati.   Jaridar *Seattle Post-Intelligence* ta yaba da kokarinta na yin bayanin alaƙar da ke tsakanin Kakakin Majalisar Dokokin Jihar Washington Frank Chopp da Ƙungiyar Masana'antar Gine-gine ta Washington a lokacin zaɓen gwamna na Washington na 2008. 

A shekarar 2011, *mujallar Seattle* ta sanya mata suna ɗaya daga cikin 'mutanen da suka fi tasiri' a Seattle.  A shekarar 2012, Barnett ta ƙaddamar da gidan yanar gizo na labarai na PubliCola.com tare da editan ta kuma mai shi Josh Feit.  Ta kuma yi rubutu a Crosscut.com kuma an nuna ta a gidan rediyon Seattle National Public Radio da ke ƙarƙashin KUOW .  Daga Afrilu 2015 zuwa Afrilu 2017, Barnett ta kasance Daraktan Sadarwa na NARAL Pro-Choice Washington . 

A watan Fabrairun 2016, Barnett ya ba da rahoto game da yadda ake gudanar da tarurrukan yanar gizo da shugaban 'yan sandan Seattle da sauran jami'ai suka gudanar a Nextdoor.com, inda ya bayyana yanayin da ake ciki na echo-chamber, da kuma abin da Magajin Garin Seattle Ed Murray ya kira "tsoro mai ban tsoro" game da laifuka a unguwannin masu arziki.  Shafin sada zumunta ya mayar da martani ta hanyar dakatar da asusun Barnett na ɗan lokaci, saboda karya sharuɗɗan aikinsu don ɓoye maganganun masu amfani, yayin da Barnett ya ce dokokin taron buɗe ido na Washington sun fi muhimmanci, wanda ya buƙaci bayanan tarurruka da jami'an gwamnati kamar shugaban 'yan sanda su kasance ga jama'a.    Rahoton Barnett ya haifar da muhawara mai faɗi kan rawar da Nextdoor.com ke takawa kuma ya sa jami'an birnin suka sake tantance dangantakarta da Nextdoor, da kuma rage manufofin Nextdoor na faɗaɗa rawar da take takawa tare da gwamnatoci a duk faɗin ƙasar.    

A lokacin da take rubutu a TheAtlantic.com daga baya a shekarar 2016, ta zargi Ron &amp;amp; Don Show na gidan rediyon Seattle da yin kutse ga masu sauraro don cin zarafin wani ɗan majalisar birni bayan kuri'ar wasanni mai cike da ce-ce-ku-ce da ta kawar da yiwuwar kafa sabon filin wasanni.   *Atlantic* ta janye labarin bayan haka kuma an kai Barnett kara bisa zargin ɓata suna.  

A watan Afrilun 2018, Barnett ya samu kuma ya ba da rahoto game da daftarin shirin rashin matsuguni na Gundumar King. A watan Yunin 2019, Barnett ya sanar da murabus din wakilin jaridar The Seattle Times Mike Rosenberg kan zarge-zargen cin zarafin mata. A watan Disamba na 2018, Barnett shi ne na farko da ya ba da rahoton cewa ofishin Magajin Garin Seattle Jenny Durkan ya yi kwangilar ba tare da tayin dala $720,000 tare da wani kamfanin ba da shawara don wakiltar sha'awar birnin a tattaunawar Sound Transit 3. A watan Yulin 2019, Barnett shi ne na farko da ya ba da rahoton wata wasiƙa daga Daraktan Ayyukan Dan Adam na Seattle ga masu gudanar da shirye-shiryen da harajin soda na Seattle ke daukar nauyinsu cewa za a iya rage kudadensu. A watan Oktoban 2019, Barnett shi ne na farko da ya ba da rahoton lokaci mara bayani a kalandar mai ba da shawara kan zirga-zirgar ababen hawa na Seattle Mike Worden yayin da membobin Majalisar Birni ke yin tambayoyi game da ainihin abin da Magajin Garin ke biyan Worden don yi.

Viking ne ya buga tarihin rayuwarta a shekarar 2020.    Littafin ya yi nazari kan masana'antar dawo da shaye-shaye, gami da suka ga Alcoholics Anonymous, amma Barnett ya ɗan yaba da hanyar da ta bi wajen " maganin halayyar fahimta ta hanyar da ba ta dace ba" saboda taimaka mata ta zama mai hankali, "tsohon mashayi," a shekarar 2015. 

## Ayyuka

* *Barin Kamuwa: Tunawa da Shan Giya, Komawa Baya, da Warkewa* (2020) 
* Labarai a *Baƙon*
* Labarai  a Crosscut.com

## Manazarta