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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Racism and #journalismsowhite: A personal story from KUOW's general manager
Journalism is so white. That’s a criticism of newsrooms in America, and the numbers show that it’s true: In radio, just 9.4 percent of journalists are...
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Our first female governor was a lot like Donald Trump
Dixy Lee Ray wore white knee-high socks and men's shirts. And when she ran for governor of Washington state, her motto was "Little lady takes on big...
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Seattle woman has family in Aleppo and wants the U.S. to be doing much more
Bill Radke talks with Rita Zawaideh, who runs the humanitarian nonprofit Salaam Cultural Museum in Seattle, about the current struggles of Syrian people...
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'Baggage of the alternative right' in the White House
U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen speaks with KUOW's Kim Malcolm about Donald Trump's choice of Breitbart chief Steve Bannon as a key strategist in the White House.
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The sad story that taught Judge Judith Hightower a humbling lesson
The woman had been booked into King County Jail for driving with a suspended license. When she appeared between Judge Judith Hightower, she asked her to...
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Go for a ride on the Big Shaker earthquake simulator
The city of Seattle invited the public to a "Big Shaker" event Tuesday at Westlake Park to be part of an earthquake simulation and nudge people to...
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SPU shooting: Why an insanity defense is so tough to use
The man accused in a deadly shooting 2014 attack at Seattle Pacific University has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. On the opening day of the...
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Test all blood for Zika? FDA runs into criticism in Seattle
Testing blood donations for the Zika virus doesn’t make sense for places like Seattle. That’s what Dr. James AuBuchon, president and chief executive of...
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King County's incredibly cheap answer to the EpiPen
One solution to the soaring price of EpiPens: Build a replacement that costs a fraction as much. Jim Duren of King County Emergency Medical Services...
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Why the discovery of planet Proxima b is worth crying about
The discovery of a planet that could hold life just a few light-years away is enough to make Alan Boyle teary. "When we look back millennia from now, we...