Kim Malcolm
Afternoon News Host
About
Kim is the local news host of KUOW's All Things Considered, airing from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. weekdays. Kim covers breaking and developing daily news, both local and regional, as part of NPR's afternoon drive time programming. She has covered the arts, municipal government, politics, and misinformation as part of KUOW's Stand with the Facts live event series, in partnership with the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public. She really enjoys election night coverage, in spite of herself. Kim started out in broadcast journalism in Calgary at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, before working at NPR member station KERA in Dallas and then KUOW. Kim spends most winters waiting for baseball season to start.
Location: Seattle and the Eastside
Languages: English
Pronouns: she/her
Stories
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Politics
WA governor and AG-elects prepare to stand up to Trump, Project 2025
Washington is the only blue state in the nation where the vote did not shift toward Donald Trump this week.
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Politics
Election anxiety and partisanship are blazing hot. When will the fever break?
Former Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed has overseen multiple general elections, some during eras of partisan extremes. He expects a shift to the center.
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Health
Her journey through addiction and recovery came full circle in drug court
An unusual story came to our attention recently. It starts in a Pierce County courtroom, with a teenager struggling with addiction and ends, for now, in the same courtroom, with a recovering adult, and an entirely different outlook.
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Why pensions are a hot button issue in the Boeing machinists' strike
So far, the machinists, who gave up their pension benefit in 2014, are standing fast. They want it back and voted down Boeing's latest contract offer Wednesday night.
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Science
Screams of joy and... what did you just say? UW biochemist recalls getting the Nobel Prize call
It's not every day a Seattle kid gets a Nobel Prize. University of Washington biochemist David Baker isn't exactly a kid anymore, but a curious spirit, sharp mind, and ground-breaking scientific discoveries got him that nod last week.
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Food
Listeria deli food recall hits Washington state, impacting Albertsons, Kroger, and other stores
Ready-to-eat salads and other products with chicken widely available in the Pacific Northwest are being recalled amid a listeria outbreak.
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Health
A welcoming space for recovery expands to Bellingham
KUOW’s Kim Malcolm spoke with Bellingham’s new Recovery Café director Sharayah Lane.
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Government
Seattle’s city attorney stumps for newly passed SODA and SOAP laws
‘We want to improve public safety for everyone in these public spaces so that they are accessible and safe for everyone who wants to travel through them.’ -Ann Davison
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Politics
A friend reflects on Aysenur Eygi's vibrant life and tragic death
'She loved living and loved life, and she didn't go to the West Bank to die. She went to live and to tell the stories that she gained there.' -Juliette Majid
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Animals
Washington woman attacked by bear says her dogs provoked the incident, then came to her rescue
It was late in the morning and the heat was building outside of Kettle Falls, Washington, when Lynn O’Connor came face to face with a bear.