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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'Aloha spirit' is behind Hawaii's fight against Trump's travel ban
Douglas Chin says there’s a lot at stake in the legal argument over the latest version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban. Like Hawaii’s “aloha...
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A black 7-year-old sings as Snow White and a cruel audience laughs
When Melyssa Stone was seven years old, she was chosen to play Snow White in a Disney revue at school. She wore a beautiful handmade dress, knew the...
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'You feel lost and alone': Capturing the personal stories of Seattle displacement
We don't need statistics to see that Seattle is growing at an unprecedented rate. One neighborhood where the change is most noticeable is the Central...
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Can police officers be trained to discard their racial biases?
After a white police officer killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, there were months of protest across the country, including Seattle. New...
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White people have so much more wealth — and we’re not talking about it
Many white Americans believe that black Americans earn close to what their own families make. The truth is far different. Blacks, on average, earn half...
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Before touching a black person’s hair, ask yourself: Am I being racist?
Racism takes many forms — it could be a white supremacist rally or a racial slur — but more subtle forms, called microaggressions, happen every day. Dr....
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Turns out Siri might be racist
We use speech recognition every day, like providing captions on video for the hard of hearing and voice-to-text apps on our smart phones. But when it...
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White supremacy is behind America's original sin
Katherine Banwell of KUOW's Race and Equity team talks with author and social justice advocate Jim Wallis about white supremacy which features in his...
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Kent schools act after Muslim staffers get hate mail
Hate mail sent to Muslim staffers at Kent schools prompted a response from the district this week as students returned to class. This past weekend a...
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Why more Native Americans are homeless in Seattle
The number of Native Americans on King County streets is greater than ever. A recent survey found that there are more American Indians and Alaska...