Gil Aegerter
Editor
About
Gil edits feature pieces and helps guide staff reporters through their stories. He previously served as interim digital director and online managing editor at KUOW. Before that he spent seven years with NBCNews.com, where he was variously a senior editor, editor-producer and features editor. He also worked 25 years as a newspaper editor in Anchorage, Alaska, San Diego, Wilmington, N.C., and Seattle. He also was a freelance researcher for NBC Olympics for the Games in Atlanta; Sydney, Australia; Salt Lake City; Athens; and Torino, Italy. He is a graduate of the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, with a degree in photojournalism.
Stories
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Seattle Protests for Civil Rights
Seattle Mayor Durkan calls for City Council to investigate Sawant
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan wants the City Council to investigate Councilmember Kshama Sawant over her use of city resources and her participation in protests against police brutality, which led to brief occupation of City Hall and disclosure of the mayor’s home address.
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KUOW Newsroom
1 teen dead, 1 wounded in shooting at Seattle's CHOP
One man is dead and another in critical condition after a shooting early Monday morning in Capitol Hill Organized Protest Zone.
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Seattle Protests for Civil Rights
Rein in police, city council members tell Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan
Seattle City Council members Lisa Herbold, Lorena Gonzalez, Teresa Mosqueda and Tammy Morales have joined other elected officials in calling on Mayor Jenny Durkan to order Seattle police to de-escalate their response to the protests.
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King County, family of teen killed during botched sting operation reach $2.25 million settlement
King County on Monday reached a settlement with the family of a 17-year-old youth shot to death by sheriff's deputies in 2017.
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KUOW Newsroom
Boeing to cut 15% of workforce after financial losses
Boeing said Wednesday that it will cut about 15% of the workforce in its commercial airplanes business. It's a big blow for the Puget Sound region.
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Coronavirus In Seattle
Checking in with the Seattle woman who took the first dose of an experimental coronavirus vaccine
It's been one month since the first person took the first dose of an experimental coronavirus vaccine in Seattle. So far, Jennifer Haller says she feels “great.”
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Coronavirus In Seattle
Deaths from coronavirus (COVID-19) in Washington state
This death
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Coronavirus In Seattle
Field hospital being built on Shoreline soccer field as King County preps for more COVID-19 cases
“Honestly the first thing we thought was zombie apocalypse movie. That’s the only time you see a field hospital.”
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Coronavirus In Seattle
14 now dead of coronavirus in Seattle area
Three more deaths from COVID-19, caused by coronavirus, were reported on Friday morning. That brings the total to 14 deaths from the virus in the Seattle area. Twelve of th have been at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland, Washington, across the lake from Seattle.
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KUOW Newsroom
UW lab expands coronavirus tests with its own version
After delays at the federal level, there’s a new test for coronavirus from University of Washington researchers.