Gil Aegerter
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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Trump wants to end political limits on tax-exempt churches — should we?
Joe Fuiten likes President Donald Trump's proposal to eliminate tax restrictions on churches' participation in politics. Fuiten built up one of...
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New King County youth jail faces more resistance
Some city and King County leaders are calling for a reappraisal of construction of a new youth jail in Seattle. But they're getting pushback. County...
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Washington senators vote against Trump Cabinet nominees
Washington state’s senators spoke out strongly Tuesday on two of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominations. In the Senate education committee, Sen....
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Microsoft responds to Trump's immigration order
Microsoft has released a general statement of support for immigration in response to Donald Trump's ban -- but without taking on the president directly.
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Huge crowd for women's march buries route through Seattle
Here's how big Saturday's women's march in Seattle was: The front reached Seattle Center (the end) before the back had left Judkins Park (the start)....
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Shooting during protest against Breitbart editor at University of Washington
UPDATE 1/22/17, 1:25 p.m. The victim's condition has improved to serious. He remains in the intensive care unit at Harborview Medical Center but is...
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Republican to bigots: ‘We don't want your votes. We don't want your money’
Republican Chris Vance of Auburn, Washington, recently posted an editorial to his Facebook page this week, suggesting that people include their Muslim...
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Police officer wounded in Mount Vernon
A police officer and another person were shot Thursday night in Mount Vernon, the Washington State Patrol said. A suspect was taken into custody early...
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Sites for three new Seattle homeless camps revealed
The city of Seattle says it will open three new temporary camps for homeless people. Two of those sites will have tiny houses. The other will have tents...
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What will Trump's pick for education secretary mean for Washington's schools?
Donald Trump's choice for his education secretary brings up big questions for Washington state. That's the early assessment of Chris Reykdal, just...