Jason Burrows
Producer/Announcer
About
Jason M Burrows is part of the Production Team on Soundside, and takes on announcing duties when needed.
He got his start onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln volunteering for the ship's KRUZ-FM, then spent 15 years as the "Jack of all Trades" at 96.5 Jack-FM.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: he/him
Professional Affiliations: Military Veterans in Journalism
Podcasts
Stories
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How to create community out of a bunch of buildings: The Ripple Effect
It takes more than good planning to create a community that’s there for you when plans fall short.
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Arts & Life
Sound it Out: Seattle graffiti update and a revisit to our electoral system
We're a show built around you – our listeners. Every other week, we bring you a segment called "Sound it Out," to broadcast your thoughts about the show and answer questions about stories we've covered. Today, we're looking back on our conversations with Mayor Bruce Harrell on graffiti in Seattle and why we vote for uncontested judges.
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Four big housing ideas that could reshape greater Seattle: The Ripple Effect
The greater Seattle metro region is a hotbed of housing experimentation right now. In many different cities, people are talking about new ideas, new approaches to this problem of how to build enough housing without tearing apart vulnerable communities in the process.
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How displacement feels in this South Seattle community: The Ripple Effect
Below market rent prices have attracted a lot of new residents to the South Park neighborhood, where existing residents are especially vulnerable to being pushed out.
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Ripple Effect: a special Soundside episode about housing in greater Seattle
A quest across greater Seattle to understand how we can grow as a region without forcing people out.
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Business
Why is it so difficult to get reliable internet in rural areas?
Crosscut investigative reporter Brandon Block joins Soundside to talk about the difficulties in getting broadband internet access out to rural parts of Washington state.
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Environment
Bracing for the economic fallout after the collapse of the Bering Sea crab season
Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers Executive Director Jamie Goen joins Soundside to talk about the potential economic disaster of their canceled crab seasons.
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Law & Courts
Are Seattle rents being artificially inflated via algorithm?
If you live in an apartment, there's a good chance and algorithm is setting your rent. Many of the largest property managers in the United States use the same service where data for 13 million rental units is collected and used to recommend prices. Some tenants say that amounts to illegal collusion, and in a few places they're suing. That includes Seattle, where three lawsuits were filed in federal court last month.
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Health
Traffic fatalities spike in Washington state
Ryan Packer of The Urbanist and Yonah Freemark of the Urban Institute join Soundside to discuss traffic fatalities both nationally and here in Washington state.
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Education
Do school levies put an unfair burden on rural districts?
Wahkiakum School District Superintendent Brent Freeman talks to Soundside to give us an update on the status of their lawsuit surrounding the way that schools are funded in Washington state.