Kate Walters
Reporter
About
Kate is a reporter at KUOW covering the homelessness crisis and related issues.
Originally from Australia, Kate studied journalism at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology before coming to work in public radio.
Kate began her career as a reporter with WXXI Public Radio in Rochester, NY, where she worked as part of a Local Journalism Center called the Innovation Trail.
At KUOW, she started as a producer on The Record before joining the news desk.
Stories
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KUOW Newsroom
Seattle Council considers allowing big increase in tent and tiny house communities
The number of city-sanctioned homeless encampments, both tent and tiny house communities, could dramatically increase throughout Seattle. That's the upshot of legislation before Seattle lawmakers Tuesday.
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KUOW Newsroom
Mercer Mega Block sale could haul in $143.5 million for city of Seattle
A $143.5 million sale of the Mercer Mega Block could plow tens of millions into affordable housing efforts in Seattle.
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Elections
News roundup: Morning after primary
A quick hit of the news after the first round of ballots dropped.
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KUOW Newsroom
Seattle primary heightens contest between progressive and business-backed candidates
Initial results in Seattle’s seven city council districts suggest that the November election will be a vigorous matchup between lefty progressives and business-backed candidates.
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KUOW Newsroom
How homelessness is playing out in the Seattle city council races
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KUOW Newsroom
'Moms for Seattle' reveal themselves
In the run-up to the Seattle city council elections, questions have been swirling about a new and mysterious political action committee (PAC), Moms for Seattle. In just a couple of months, the group has raised nearly $190,000 and spent more than $117,000 on city council races, according to reports from the state public disclosure commission.
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KUOW Newsroom
Homelessness top of mind for Seattle voters as ballots start dropping
Seattle voters are having to choose from a crowded field of City Council candidates. But one issue seems to be top of mind for many – homelessness.
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'Our women are no longer invisible.' Counting missing and murdered indigenous women from the Northwest
Seattle's Native community wants better data on missing and murdered indigenous women, and they're taking it on themselves to make that happen.
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She felt her baby inside her and realized it was time to get clean
A few years ago, Mary was in a bad place. Mary isn’t her real name, we’ve changed it to protect her privacy. She was homeless, she’d lost her daughter to her former partner, she was using heroin and she was pregnant.
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Car-dwellers in Seattle may soon have parking spots to call their own
For about a year, TJ was homeless and living in a small, gray SUV with his wife Misty. At night, they would drive around trying to find somewhere to sleep. They looked for spots where they’d feel secure but they wouldn’t be asked to move.