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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Aurora Ave used to be kind to the auto industry. No longer
Aurora Avenue North is a place where you can buy a car, sell a car or get fancy rims for your tires. If your vehicle has ever been towed in north...
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Kids are braving Seattle's Aurora Avenue — as pedestrians
Before there was I-5, there was Highway 99.
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Seattle's last frontier: KUOW begins its reporting along Aurora Avenue
Commuters — in 43,000 cars every weekday — see Aurora Avenue as a river. Pedestrians trying to cross from one side to the other see it as a wall. In...
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Listen to this freestyle poem about Aurora Avenue
What does Aurora mean to you? Al Jawann Johnson answered that question with a spontaneous poem: "Aurora is to me the beast in the night. It is the...
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Real talk from your Seattle friends about hosting Amazon
We recently hosted a debate to answer a simple question: Is Amazon good for Seattle? And the answer is: We don’t really know for certain. But the debate...
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Seattle's affordable housing plan elicits mixed feelings from neighborhoods
Residents of north Seattle want affordable housing, but are skeptical of the city’s plan to get that housing built by encouraging more development. That...
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Our building boom helps ex-cons find work, shelter and brotherhood
The Seattle area needs more housing. There’s not enough construction workers to build all the houses we need. Meanwhile, ex-prisoners have a hard time...
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Group wants to bring Seattle's historic trolleys back
Construction crews are busy relocating utilities for the new trolley line through downtown Seattle. The new line will integrate the shorter lines at...
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How do Seattle's bike share companies make money?
Seattle’s in the middle of a big bike share experiment, with bikes everywhere that you can rent for only a dollar. It’s so cheap. So how do these...
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Why bike sharing companies want to play nice with Seattle
This is a story about dockless bike sharing, but it begins with a story about Uber. Uber's complicated history with cities has made city officials more...