Checkm was the login name for Candace Heckman on the internal network of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Heckman was the breaking news editor at the time of the P-I's closure in March 2009. She now does freelance writing and editing.

Heckman can be reached through e-mail, candaceheckman*at*gmail.com, or by visitng her Web site, candaceheckman.com