Katherine Banwell
Announcer
About
Katherine is the local host on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Prior to coming to KUOW, she worked at KPLU (now KNKX) as a fill-in host on All Things Considered and host of Weekend Morning Edition. She's also the voice of many telephone on-hold messages for businesses across the country and loves to act in her spare time. Originally from Canada, she began her broadcasting career as a news and arts reporter for, among other places, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Katherine has a BA in Communications from the University of Washington. Go Huskies!
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Stories
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The truth about Jimi Hendrix is much different than the myth
Poor, neglected, carrying around a broom as substitute for the guitar he didn't have. These are images of Jimi Hendrix growing up in Seattle. And...
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From 'people feel you don't belong here' to City Council
In early January, Zak Idan was sworn in to the Tukwila City Council. He's the first Somali refugee to be elected to office in Washington state. Tukwila...
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What’s new this year at the Seattle Women’s March
Thousands of people – maybe tens of thousands, according to the city of Seattle — are expected at the second Women’s March in Seattle this Saturday.
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'Black Courage': A young poet's words to her son
Angel Gardner started writing while living in a group home as a child. She wasn’t into therapy, but sometimes she wasn’t into writing in her journals...
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Nikkita Oliver: 'This year has been unexpected'
Back in March, Nikkita Oliver announced she would run for Seattle mayor. She said the city needed a leader "who’s going to reject the status quo and...
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The new year looks promising for Seattle's Native people
According to the 2017 Count Us In survey , Native Americans in Seattle/King County are seven times more likely to be homeless than any other population....
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10 months later: 'There's hope after a cancer diagnosis'
Ten months ago, Alexes Harris' health was precarious . She'd just had a stem cell transplant in the hopes of combating a rare form of leukemia. The...
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'No, I don't know every black person on campus'
Eurie Dessie and Kpojo Kparyea don't want to be labeled as "angry black women." So how do they respond when they're asked if they eat fried chicken and...
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'When you're in touch with your cuisine, you touch a deeper part of yourself'
On a quiet side street in Kent sits the Ubuntu Street Cafe. Ubuntu, which means humanity toward others, is the brainchild of Veena Prasad, executive...
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'I'm not the submissive Asian woman you think I am'
"That's when I remember hearing the word 'Jap' for the first time."