Amy Radil
Reporter
About
Amy Radil is a reporter at KUOW where she covers politics, government and law enforcement — everything from policing to legalized marijuana and campaign funding.
She got her start at Minnesota Public Radio in Duluth, and freelanced for four years from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Amy grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. She graduated from Williams College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
She’s the winner of regional awards from the Society for Professional Journalists and the RTNDA’s Edward R. Murrow awards for investigative reporting and coverage of gun measures.
She’s a believer in the importance of journalism to create accountability and empathy. In her spare time Amy seeks out bookstores, caffeine and classic movies.
To see more of Amy's past KUOW work, visit our current site.
Stories
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What the new Seattle police contract does and doesn't do for oversight
Seattle's police oversight officials say they're ready to work with the new police contract. But they hope to work around its shortcomings, too.
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Seattle has most missing and murdered indigenous women, report finds
More than 500 Native American women have disappeared or been murdered in U.S. cities, many since the year 2000, according to a new report from Seattle’s Urban Indian Health Institute.
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Federal judge withholds blessing from Seattle's new police contract
The federal judge overseeing policing in Seattle has not endorsed the city’s proposed contract with its police officers. But he says he can’t weigh in until it’s official.
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In Seattle suburbs, the nail-biting countdown to a test of the Trump presidency
The battle between Kim Schrier and Dino Rossi will help determine which party controls the U.S. House. Candidates are making a last push to get every last vote.
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8th District race has jumped the shark; voters are ready for Election Day to be over
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The city's proposed police contract: Here are six reasons why critics want to reject it
After six years of moving through a court-ordered police reform process, last year Seattle passed police accountability legislation that was described as "historic" and "groundbreaking." Now critics say the proposed police contract undermines that law. Union officials say they made tough concessions, and the city got the process backwards.
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The Record
Debate: Should Washington voters change the state's deadly force law?
Should Washington state change the law and change the training around police officer's use of deadly force? Voters will decide this November with a vote on I-940.
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Notorious 'malice' standard for cops heads to voters in Washington state
I-940 is backed by families of people who died in encounters with police. But whether it passes or fails, many law enforcement groups are ready to work on a compromise over charging police officers for misuse of deadly force.
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Rossi and Schrier mix it up with U.S. House seat at stake
Republican Dino Rossi and Democrat Kim Schrier square off over health care insurance, trade tariffs, gun control and border policy in a wide-ranging debate.
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Cop contract slammed as backward step by community advisory board
Members of Seattle’s Community Police Commission said they are reluctantly calling on the city council to reject a proposed labor contract between the city and the Seattle Police Officers’ Guild. They blamed Mayor Durkan’s negotiating team for what they described as a fatally flawed proposal.