Derek Wang
Editor
About
Derek is an award winning journalist with decades of experience and currently supervises a team that covers daily and longer term news stories. Previously, he has been an interim KUOW news director, an editor for the regional Northwest News Network journalism collaboration, a local host for Morning Edition and All Things Considered and a KUOW reporter. Derek was hired by KUOW in 1998 to work as a producer for the national launch of the irreverent news-in-review show Rewind with Bill Radke. Before working at KUOW, Derek was a producer with New York Kids, a children's program at WNYC-New York and a desk assistant at CBS News.
He is also an avid ice hockey fan and roots for his hometown team, the New Jersey Devils.
Derek has a bachelor’s degree in film from New York University and a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University. He and his wife Gina live in Seattle with a very spoiled rescue dog.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: he/him
Stories
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Sodo Arena Plan Advances To The Full King County Council
The full King County Council is expected to vote on the latest Sodo arena plan next week, following some adjustments made by the council’s budget committee Tuesday.Committee chairman Joe McDermott said the adjustments included that language that requiresimproving pedestrian access to the new Sodo arena. “It could be anywhere from sidewalks to an overpass or underpass somewhere. I want to underscore that those kinds of pedestrian improvement also assist in freight mobility,” he said.Freight mobility has been a top issue for critics including the Port of Seattle, which has said it’s concerned that increased traffic could hurt maritime businesses.The latest arena plan also calls for an environmental study of alternative sites, even though the developers have said they’re only interested in building in one location, in Sodo.McDermott said a study of other locations would help officials vet the project.“I think it is incumbent to make sure we know the full impacts of this site and to do that would be comparing to other sites as well. If we decide that other sites would have less impact, and be better for the region, we’re not required to proceed,” he said. McDermott said it was not yet decided whether the alternative sites would be outside of the city of Seattle.The full King County Council and Seattle City Council are expected to vote on the latest plan October 15.