Deborah Wang
Contributing Reporter, Editor, & Host
About
Deborah is a contributing reporter, editor, and host at KUOW. Since joining the staff in 2005, Deborah has done everything from political reporting to podcast hosting and she has served as interim news director. She is an award–winning radio and television journalist whose career spans more than three decades.
Deborah's first reporting job was at public radio station WFCR in Amherst, Massachusetts. In 1990, she went to work for National Public Radio and served as NPR's Asia correspondent based in Hong Kong. During that time, she covered the Persian Gulf War from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and then spent months in southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq filing stories on the war's aftermath.
In 1993, she joined ABC News as a television correspondent in Beijing and Hong Kong, and covered, among other things, Hong Kong's handover from British to Chinese rule. In 1999, she set up the network's first news bureau in Seattle.
Deborah has also worked as an on–air anchor for CNN International, as host of IN Close on KCTS9 Public Television in Seattle. She is a long-time host on the TEDxSeattle stage.
In recent years, Deborah's reporting has focused on adolescents and mental health. She was the recipient of a 2018-2019 Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellowship.
Deborah has won numerous awards for her reporting, including the Alfred I. DuPont Silver Baton, the Overseas Press Club's Lowell Thomas Award and a Gracie Award from the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation.
To see more of Deborah's past KUOW work, visit our archive site.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, conversational Chinese
Pronouns: she/her
Professional Affiliations: US Advisory Board Member, Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellowships
Stories
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Endorsements In Seattle Mayor's Race Favoring Ed Murray
The endorsements are flying in the crowded race for Seattle mayor, and over the past week State Senator Ed Murray has captured the lion’s share. Last
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Supreme Court Decision Revives Washington State Debate Over DNA Collection
A legislator in Washington state says she will revive a bill that would make it easier for police to collect DNA samples. That’s in the wake of a US Supreme Court ruling Monday. The five-to-four ruling upheld a Maryland law that allows police to collect DNA samples at the time of arrest from people who are charged with certain violent crimes or sex offenses.
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Pocket Guide To The Seattle Mayor's Race
UPDATE: 5/21/13, 3:50 p.m. PT The list of candidates running for Seattle mayor is now finalized, and despite the withdrawal of one high-profile contender,
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Democratic Party Activists Weigh In On Seattle Mayor's Race
Democratic activists in the city of Seattle last night began picking favorites in the Seattle mayoral election. Incumbent mayor Mike McGinn didn’t make
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Seattle Police Loosen Rules For New Recruits
The Seattle Police Department is preparing to hire more than 300 new officers in the next five years, and it wants to do things differently.
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Eight Candidates Vie To Be Seattle's Next Mayor
The 2013 Seattle mayor’s race is off and running and last night was the first big mayoral forum of the campaign season. All eight candidates appeared
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UPDATE: Starbucks Shareholders Want Ban On Political Contributions
Story last updated by Phyllis Fletcher on March 20, 2013 at 1:50 p.m. Starbucks holds its annual shareholders’ meeting Wednesday in Seattle. On the agenda:
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Federal Judge Approves Seattle Police Reform Plan
A federal judge gave the green light yesterday to a wide-ranging reform plan for the Seattle Police Department. The plan is meant to address a 2011 finding by the US Justice Department that Seattle police had engaged in an unconstitutional pattern and practice of excessive use of force.
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Seattle Mayor Launches Preschool Teacher Training Program
Seattle’s mayor is launching a new program aimed at improving instruction in the city’s preschools. Mayor Mike McGinn announced the initiative in his
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Vulcan Bids On Yesler Terrace Makeover
The Seattle Housing Authority is preparing to redevelop Yesler Terrace, a 30-acre site that houses 1,200 low-income residents near the city’s downtown....