Joshua McNichols
Growth and Development Reporter
About
As KUOW's Growth and Development reporter and co-host of KUOW's Booming podcast, Joshua's "growing pains" beat sits at the nexus of housing, transportation, urban planning, government and the economy. His favorite stories also include themes of history, technology, and climate change.
Joshua holds a B.A. in Architecture from the University of Washington. Public Radio is his second career; architecture was his first. He is proud of the many odd jobs he's held in his life, such as salmon fisher, author, bike courier, and bed-and-breakfast cook.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English
Pronouns: he/him
Professional Affiliations: The Society of Professional Journalists, Western Washington Chapter
Stories
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Diners, a few of them anyway, return to King County restaurants and cafes
It’s eating – with social distancing. Restaurants in King County can operate at 25% capacity, or 50% capacity for outdoor seating.
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Race & Identity
Seattle residents weigh right to protest against COVID risks
In Seattle, hundreds of people continue to protest the death of George Floyd at the hands of police. But for every person out there protesting, there are others who can’t be there or have chosen not to be.
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Payday lending falls off a cliff as pandemic continues in Washington state
With so many people out of work, you might expect Payday lenders would be raking in the business. But that’s not the case.
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West Seattle residents feel like castaways. Metro wants to rescue them.
Never before have Metro buses been so necessary. And never before have they been so unpopular.
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Health
'It was bad.' Three hours on the Covid ICU in Seattle
KUOW's Isolde Raftery spent an afternoon on the Covid ICU at University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle. She told reporter Joshua McNichols what she saw -- and
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It's not how I thought my store would end: Bop Street Records in Ballard
Dave Vorhees has run Bop Street Records for 41 years. But the pandemic – has kept his customers away. So he’s closing the shop forever. The Internet Archive bought 500,000 of his vinyl records. We caught up with Vorhees on the sidewalk in front of his old store as movers carted his records onto a truck bound for San Francisco.
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Not all closed Seattle streets will stay closed after the pandemic
Seattle has closed over 20 miles of streets to most vehicle traffic - to give people more space to get some exercise. That way they’re less likely to crowd into parks during the pandemic. They’re also part of a larger strategy to use the current slowdown in traffic to change some of our transportation habits. Not all of those street closures will outlast the pandemic.
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After briefly catching up, Washington's renters fall behind again
About 1 in 10 renters weren’t able to pay their rent for May. That's according to a new survey by the Washington Multifamily Housing Association.
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Health
I am the nurse manager on the Covid ICU. We have the sad stories, and those who have beaten this
Amy Haverland is the nurse manager on the Covid intensive care unit at UW Medical Center. She shared what it was like to have her home base turned into the place for the sickest of the sick with coronavirus.
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Every day I thank God I've got these boys that take good care of me
Tom Paulson used to write about infectious diseases for the Seattle P.I. As the coronavirus pandemic spread, he started to worry about his 93 year old mother, Connie Wagoner. Then, two staff members in her retirement home tested positive for COVID-19. So he hatched a plan to get her out of town.