Carolyn Adolph
Reporter
About
Carolyn Adolph covers Seattle’s economy and its major companies, including Amazon, Microsoft and Boeing. As co-host of KUOW’s podcast, Primed, she also covers the cultural impact of technological change.
Primed was honored in spring 2018 by SABEW, the society of business writers. Carolyn is also a winner of Canada’s National Newspaper Award. Before coming to KUOW, Carolyn was a reporter at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, The Toronto Star, and the Montreal Gazette.
Podcasts
Stories
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KUOW Newsroom
What's my role? Businesses consider enforcing face masks
Washington state Governor Jay Inslee has made it mandatory for people to wear face coverings in public. That order takes effect Friday. Meanwhile, business owners are pondering how they should operate under the new law.
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KUOW Newsroom
Amazon and Microsoft protest as Trump bans new foreign workers
Around the world workers recruited to take jobs at tech companies like Amazon and Microsoft are learning they can’t get into the United States. The Trump Administration’s ban on new foreign workers is taking effect.
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KUOW Newsroom
Sea-Tac sees a surge in travelers as the pandemic persists
In the second week of June, Sea-Tac saw more than 10,000 travelers a day. The airport previously hadn't hit that threshold since the pandemic forced millions across the world to change their travel plans.
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KUOW Newsroom
Reopening won't likely jumpstart the economy
Lockdowns got us into this recession. But now there's evidence that reopening won't get us out of it.
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KUOW Newsroom
Nordstrom returns to Western Washington with a modified shopping experience
Another sign that pandemic lockdowns are being loosened: Nordstrom is opening its doors.
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KUOW Newsroom
Union: We cannot allow Amazon to set health and safety standards
Amazon warehouse workers in New York are getting help from unions in their fight for better pandemic working conditions.
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Dread intensifies as thousands still wait for unemployment checks
Many people who filed for unemployment months ago still have not received any money. The state’s self-imposed deadline to resolve those cases is up next week.
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Amazon halts police use of its facial recognition technology
The company says it is imposing a one-year moratorium on police use of Amazon's facial recognition technology.
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KUOW Newsroom
Pandemic forces yoga studios to contemplate their future
Lockdown has changed the business of yoga. Studio owners are weighing continuing online classes even as they contemplate rent.
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KUOW Newsroom
Ex-Amazon exec calls for breakup of Amazon
A former Amazon executive is calling for the regulation and breakup of Amazon. Tim Bray is a former Amazon executive who quit last month over the treatment of warehouse workers.