The SunBreak

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| name = The SunBreak

| location = Seattle, Washington

| country = United States

| language = English

| foundation = 2009

| website = [http://www.thesunbreak.com The SunBreak]

}}

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The SunBreak is an online magazine in Seattle, Washington, founded in September 2009 by Michael van Baker, formerly an editor for Seattlest.{{citation|publisher=Pew Research Center Project for Excellence in Journalism|title=Seattle: A New Media Case Study

|work=State of the News Media 2011|author=Michael R. Fancher|year=2011|url=http://www.stateofthemedia.org/2011/mobile-survey/seattle-a-new-media-case-study/}}{{citation|title=Welcome SunBreak to Seattle|date=September 3, 2009|work=Central District News|url=http://www.centraldistrictnews.com/2009/09/welcome-sunbreak-to-seattle/}}{{citation|title=New media ventures blossom in Seattle|author=Monica Guzman|date=March 15, 2010|newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/New-media-ventures-blossom-in-Seattle-898829.php#page-2}}{{citation|title=Here comes The SunBreak, a New Yorker-style online magazine | author=John Cook |date=September 3, 2009 | work=TechFlash | publisher=Puget Sound Business Journal | url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2009/09/editor_looks_to_create_a_new_yorker_style_online_mag_for_seattle.html}}

The SunBreak's coverage of a 2011 bicyclist fatality was noted by major conventional media outlets Seattle Post-Intelligencer and KPLU News.{{citation|title=Seattle bike deaths spur safety questions, highlight funding woes|author=Vanessa Ho | newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer | date=September 14, 2011|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Seattle-bike-deaths-spur-safety-questions-2169366.php}}{{citation|title=City mourns popular barista, questions bike path's safety|author=Bellamy Pailthorp|date=September 9, 2011|publisher=KPLU-FM|url=http://www.kplu.org/post/city-mourns-popular-barista-questions-bike-paths-safety}} SunBreak is listed as a significant media outlet for Cascade Bicycle Club's bicycle advocacy campaigns.{{citation|title=2012 press archive|publisher=Cascade Bicycle Club|url=http://www.cascade.org/about-press-coverage/2012-press-archive}}