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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Mayor Murray Announces New Rideshare Compromise
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has announced a new way forward for car services. Murray said a new agreement has been reached that does not cap the number of...
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EPA Cleans Up 'Chemical House' In Seattle's Green Lake Neighborhood
The Environmental Protection Agency is working to remove hundreds of containers of hazardous chemicals from a Craftsman home in Seattle's Green Lake...
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Biggest Needs, Biggest Gaps In Services For Kids Adoped From Foster System
Children with the biggest needs face the biggest gaps in services, according to a new report about children adopted from the state's foster care system....
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Obama: Kenneth Bae Deserves To Be Free
President Obama said Thursday the United States is still trying to win the release of former Lynnwood, Wash., resident Kenneth Bae from North Korea.
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SeaTac City Council Signs Off On “Good Jobs Initiative"
People in the City of SeaTac could vote this November on an initiative that would create a $15 an hour hour minimum wage for thousands of workers at Sea
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Bridges In Washington Suffer Repeated Hits
There are more than 200 bridges in Washington that could collapse if a key part fails. They’re classified as being fracture-critical, just like the
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Bridge Toll Rate Hike Takes Effect
New toll rates for the Highway 520 floating bridge and the Tacoma Narrows Bridge take effect July 1. The increase is the latest toll hike and has been
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Seattle Same-Sex Marriage Supporters Celebrate DOMA Ruling
Same-sex couples around the Seattle area celebrated Wednesday’s historic ruling from the US Supreme Court that struck down some bans on gay marriage. The
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Truck Driving School Ride Along
It’s been about a month since a truck hauling an oversized load struck an I-5 bridge and sent it plunging into the Skagit River. Truckers have a tough job
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NTSB Releases Preliminary Report On The Skagit River Bridge Collapse
Federal investigators released a preliminary report Tuesday about last month’s I-5 bridge collapse over the Skagit River. The report says the driver of the