Some of the most exciting and refreshing media seems to come screaming out of Seattle. We figured it was high time we got to the bottom of this phenomenon, so we went in for a closer look at the Red Lion Hotel's Terrace Garden for our All-Media Party.

At the Red Lion Hotel's Terrace Garden, August 23, 2005

Photos by Roxanne Nelson

mb co-host Michael Bradbury and Fine Interiors associate publisher Bill Ruha

Macy's art director Laura Peters, UW Law editor Julie Case and Media Pacifica vice president Marta Rabins

Fortress Films' Mark Feijo, freelance medical writer and mb photog Roxanne Nelson, mb co-host Michael Bradbury and Centrifugal Media president Tony Koski

Marketing and strategic planning consultant Douglas Tarnow and Patrick Inouye flank Becker & Meyer assistant editor Avra Romanowitz

Freelance writers Michelle Goodman and Christine Cook with Moyer Foundation public relations manager Sandy Murray

MSNBC associate producer Megan Bradley, Joann Natalia Aquino and Becker & Meyer assistant editor Avra Romanowitz

Photographer Daren Fentiman, King County Journal reporter Chris Winters and freelance graphic designer Akira Morita

MSNBC.com reporter Alex Johnson, freelance writer Manny Frishberg, Volt writer/editor Joy Cordell and Seattle Post-Intelligencer business editor Don Smith

Centrifugal Media president Tony Koski, Careers & Colleges editor Don Rauf, author Kurt Armbruster and TELIKOS Screen Communications producer Joan Raider Rawlings