Carolyn Adolph
Reporter
About
Carolyn Adolph covers Seattle’s growth by looking at the city’s major companies. She’s also a co-host of KUOW’s Prime(d) podcast.
Carolyn has won awards for her journalism in two countries. Prime(d) was honored in spring 2018 by SABEW, the society of business writers. She is also a winner of Canada’s biggest journalism prize, the National Newspaper Award.
Before coming to Seattle, Carolyn was a reporter at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, The Toronto Star and the Montreal Gazette.
Podcasts
Stories
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KUOW Newsroom
Boeing's top lawyer to depart by end of year
This time it's the lawyer who has been handling the company's legal risks over the 737 MAX. Boeing says J. Michael Luttig will retire next week.
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KUOW Newsroom
Amazon expands satellite labs in Redmond
Amazon wants to surround the planet with satellites. And they're going to do from new labs in Redmond.
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KUOW Newsroom
Don't dish any dirt over the holidays, Boeing tells workers
Boeing is telling workers to be careful what they say about the company and the 737 MAX over the holidays.
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KUOW Newsroom
Boeing suspends 737 MAX production; no layoffs or furlough expected
Boeing announced that it is stopping production of the 737 MAX plane, beginning next month.
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KUOW Newsroom
Worst Boeing crisis since 1970s, says prof who interviewed workers
The author of several books on the Boeing workforce says the aerospace giant is facing its greatest crisis since the 1970s. “If Boeing is to recover,” said Leon Grunberg, professor emeritus of the University of Puget Sound, “it must once again become a great engineering company by prioritizing safety and quality over short-term considerations.”
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KUOW Newsroom
FAA believed 15 Max planes would crash, but let them fly anyway
Steve Dickson is charged with restoring trust in the FAA as the world leader in determining the the airworthiness of Boeing planes. Instead, at a congressional hearing, more damaging information about the agency and the company was revealed.
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KUOW Newsroom
Why hasn't the FAA cleared the Max? Here's the worry
One big question hanging over Boeing and the 737 MAX: when will it return to service? The head of the Federal Aviation Administration testifies before a House committee on Wednesday. World safety agencies, airlines and the traveling public will be listening for clues.
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Primed
I asked a hacker to spy on me via my Amazon account. It took him 5 minutes to break in
When it comes to security of smart home devices, Amazon's biggest weakness — is us.
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KUOW Newsroom
Before fatal train crash, Sound Transit wasn’t following its own safety rules
Sound Transit did not understand its safety responsibilities and it did not follow its own safety plans. These are among the findings of a new report about the derailment two years ago of an Amtrak Cascades train, which killed three people.
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Primed
After online shopping binge, a plastic packaging hangover
We’re entering the biggest shopping season of the year. For many people, that means online shopping — packages piled on doorsteps, delivery cars and vans whipping down streets. But what do we do with the packaging after we rip it open?