Kate Walters
Reporter
About
Kate Walters is a reporter covering Covid-19 and the many ways the pandemic has impacted our lives. She's covered personal experiences of community members, state and local policies, affects on the healthcare system, and more. In the past, Kate has reported on homelessness for KUOW, as well as general assignment stories ranging from city hall politics to sea stars. Originally from Australia, Kate studied journalism at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT). She started her career in public radio at WXXI in Rochester, NY.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Stories
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Politics
How homelessness is playing out in the Seattle city council races
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Politics
'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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Politics
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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Health
'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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Health
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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Politics
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.
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Politics
Can we end youth homelessness? Seattle/King County sets goal for 2021
Seattle and King County leaders say they’re combining their efforts to end youth homelessness, and they plan to do it by June 2021. Instead of working in silos, government, philanthropy and service providers will work together on a coordinated campaign to tackle youth homelessness.
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Health
Homeless count down in King County but not everywhere in WA
Washington state has seen a slight overall decline in homelessness. And yet the number of people living on the streets or in shelters has gone up in about half the state’s counties.
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Politics
This is what you need to earn to afford a two-bedroom in Seattle
Renters in Washington state would need to make $27.78 per hour in order to afford a modest two-bedroom unit, according to a new report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
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Health
'We have to do more': Community leaders respond to state report on missing indigenous women
Fifty-six Native American women are listed as missing in Washington, according to a new State Patrol report. But representatives of the Native American community told a Seattle City Council hearing on Wednesday that the numbers are an undercount, the result of persistent barriers to gathering data.