Catharine Smith
Politics Editor
About
Catharine is KUOW's politics editor. She never met a spreadsheet she didn't like, and she's obsessed with campaign trail drama, voting trends, debates in the state Legislature, and Trump's tweets. Before starting at KUOW in 2022, she worked in New York City at as a producer at WNYC, and she freelanced for The Guardian and the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting.
Catharine got her start in journalism on HuffPost's technology desk — and she will always regret ditching her flip phone for that job.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Professional Affiliations: Investigative Reporters and Editors, Society of Environmental Journalists
Podcasts
Stories
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How weird is Washington's millionaire's tax?
We review what you need to know about the final version of the millionaire's tax and compare it to other states.
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Listener mailbag: Iran redux
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Front Page: Gas Prices, the Millionaire's Tax, Daylight Savings Time, and the Opera
Every week we talk about the most fascinating stories in the news and what they say about the Pacific Northwest. We call it Front Page.
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Seattle's Iranian diaspora processes war
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Could conservative sheriffs get removed from office?
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Robin Hood: Dems in Tights
Tights, two politicians and taxes: We get into all the latest political news from Olympia to Seattle.
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Jayapal on what she saw in the Epstein files
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Front Page: Seahawks are Super Bowl champs, Bad Bunny riled the right, what all those AI ads were about
At the start of every week we talk about the most fascinating stories in the news and what they say about the Pacific Northwest. We call it Front Page.
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Do “general strikes” work? Seattle history has an answer
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Seattle's City Attorney on ICE, drug prosecutions, and working through a case backlog
Seattle’s new city attorney, Erika Evans has been on the job for a little over 3 weeks – one of several newly elected officials moving the city in a more progressive direction. What are her plans for the position?