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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Seattle 'police bunker' plan moves ahead as protesters surge City Hall
The Seattle City Council will take a new look at the cost of a controversial police building. But the project is moving ahead.
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KPLU Public Radio has a new name
KPLU public radio will soon have new call letters – KNKX, which will be pronounced, “Connects.” That was the word on Friday from Friends of 88.5 FM, the...
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Cab drivers balk at Port of Seattle's new airport contract
Last month, the Port of Seattle chose a new taxi company to serve Sea-Tac Airport. East Side For Hire won the exclusive contract. The change happened...
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A humpback whale's death hints at good news for the species
Research biologist John Calambokidis talks to KUOW's Kim Malcolm about the death of a juvenile humpback whale on a West Seattle beach, and what the...
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Close the schools? Washington education chief says 'final remedy' might get Legislature to act
Close down public schools in Washington. State education chief Randy Dorn says that drastic action might be needed to force the Legislature to find...
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Why Bernie beat Hillary in Skagit and Island counties
Washington state’s presidential primary shows why Hillary Clinton is beating Bernie Sanders nationally, says one political analyst. The reason can be...
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Ride The Ducks Vehicle Collides With Car In Seattle
There’s been another Ride the Ducks crash in Seattle – but this time it appears to be minor.
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Bernie Sanders Trounces Hillary Clinton In Washington Caucuses
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders defeated Hillary Clinton by a wide margin Saturday in Washington state's Democratic caucuses, according to party results.
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Seattle Archdiocese Names Priests Who Abused Kids
The Archdiocese of Seattle on Friday named 77 Catholic clergy or religious order members accused of sexually abusing minors. Those on the list served or...
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Five Things Seattle Can Do When It Wins The Jackpot Tonight
Everybody’s dreaming about how they could spend all that money when they win that $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot – the biggest lottery prize ever in the...