Jeannie Yandel
Special Projects Editor
About
Jeannie Yandel is a special projects editor focusing on podcasts and broadcast shows. She created and co-hosted the KUOW podcast Battle Tactics For Your Sexist Workplace and ran and edited KUOW's podcast about local curiosity, SoundQs. She also co-created and co-hosted KUOW's YouTube interview series, Are We Going To Be OK?. Previously, she was senior producer for The Conversation and KUOW Presents, and was Executive Producer for The Record. She's won awards for her interviewing, editing, and reporting.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Stories
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This week we're translating President Trump's inaugural address with you
Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States today. We’re asking you, our listeners, to call in and tell us: What did you...
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Why writer Ijeoma Oluo won't be at the Womxn's March in Seattle
Bill Radke speaks with Seattle-based writer Ijeoma Oluo about why she's not attending or speaking at the Womxn's March in Seattle Friday.
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Seattle writer Lindy West misses Twitter, but isn't going back
Bill Radke talks with Seattle-based author Lindy West about why she still believes Twitter can be a great democratizing force, even while she's decided...
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Racism and #journalismsowhite: A personal story from KUOW's general manager
Journalism is so white. That’s a criticism of newsrooms in America, and the numbers show that it’s true: In radio, just 9.4 percent of journalists are...
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Our first female governor was a lot like Donald Trump
Dixy Lee Ray wore white knee-high socks and men's shirts. And when she ran for governor of Washington state, her motto was "Little lady takes on big...
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Her fiancé shot her in the face but she still has a voice
Kenneth Fiaui had always been jealous of his girlfriend. He was even jealous of her 4-month-old cat. On the night he shot her, Courtney Weaver was...
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A slave mother's love in 56 carefully stitched words
For about $300, a 9-year-old girl named Ashley was sold as a slave. Her mother, Rose, remained a house slave at a mansion in South Carolina.
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When you disenroll members of your tribe, are you empowered or just more conquered?
"Brother, brother, I need your help." That was the first thing Gabe Galanda heard when he picked up his phone four years ago. The women on the other end...
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The Washington musicians who used technology to change music
Jeannie Yandel talks to KUOW's Amanda Wilde about three local musicians from the 20th century who changed their industry through technology and innovation.
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How county jails became de facto mental health institutions
Jeannie Yandel speaks with Seattle P-I reporter Levi Pulkkinen about his story that looked into the treatment of mentally ill inmates in Washington...