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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Technology
Your cell phone is a security risk. Ruby's Instagram story shows why
Ruby had a very special Instagram name. Ruby. Just Ruby. She turned down $65,000 to sell it. Then she got hacked.
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Technology
Ruby was a typical Instagram user. Then something strange started happening…
...and she got hacked.
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Environment
What's that screeching? Maybe a hungry young Cooper's Hawk
It's breeding season for Cooper's Hawks. They are now prolific in Seattle. Just listen for their screeches.
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Health
How to raise a chill kid? Let them play
What can parents do to try to prevent anxiety disorders from arising in their children? We get answers from two experts.
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Health
'It's not your fault.' The pitfalls of parenting an anxious child
When kids struggle with serious anxiety, even well-meaning parents often say or do exactly the wrong things. "Nobody gives you the playbook for the ‘do’s and don'ts’ of this anxious child business," said one expert.
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Health
When anxiety strikes in childhood, experts say get help early
Anxiety disorders can hit at any time in a person’s life. Doctors urge early treatment, especially for young kids.
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Arts & Life
What's in that giant government warehouse near Sand Point?
It's a giant, block-long building surrounded by a chain-link fence. To the neighbors in this leafy Seattle neighborhood, the place is an enigma. So what's inside this giant US government warehouse? Is this where documents just go to die?
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Arts & Life
Why don't longtime Seattleites jaywalk?
Yes, it's illegal. But that doesn't stop residents of other cities from doing it. SoundQs host Deborah Wang teamed up with Record producer Adwoa Gymiah-Brempong and sidewalk artist Peregrine Church to answer this listener question about jaywalking.
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July 3rd | Answering your questions about crows, jaywalking, and the bus
Deborah Wang answers listener questions like, who would win in a fight, a crow, or an eagle? Why don't longtime Seattleites jaywalk? And who rides the bus in King County?
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Health
Why are dogs allowed in Seattle bars?
Unlike kids, dogs are taken nearly everywhere: restaurant patios, taprooms, even the grocery store.