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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Health
My 1-year-old son got Covid, then so did we. Here’s what I want you to know
Noel Frame is a Democratic lawmaker in Washington state. Last month, her 1-year-old son got Covid-19. She told KUOW's Kim Malcolm her story.
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Arts & Life
These end of summer arts and culture picks amuse and inspire
‘She chose Black children specifically for this exhibition, which at times almost feels like a sacred space, like a chapel. It's really powerful.’
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Local newspapers are in peril, but Bellingham's local news coverage is set to expand
‘I really feel like my journalism bones have been awakened by this project. I think it's going to be really gratifying and an adventure one way or the other.’
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Education
Some kids haven't been in a classroom for 16 months. Here's what to expect in Seattle
Kim Malcolm talks with Seattle Public Schools assistant deputy superintendent Sarah Pritchett about the return to in-person learning, and the district's safety plans for Covid-19.
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Local efforts to resettle Afghan refugees face unprecedented challenges
‘The warmth of the welcome is being dissipated because of the lack of permanent housing stock.’
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Health
How did one Seattle ‘unhoused to hotels’ program work? The results are mixed
‘I do know that outreach workers evaluated 78 people at the encampment for hotel rooms, and 57 people came inside. That ratio is pretty big.’
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Education
For this parent and scientist, back to school planning is complicated by delta variant concerns
‘For our family, the risk equation has actually just changed quite a bit. It's not a question now about what's the benefit of in-person school versus the risk of Covid, but what are the benefits of in-person school for those first few months until children under the age of 12 can be vaccinated?’
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Arts & Life
Reopening events bring Seattle theater, art, and music lovers together again
"I can just hear it now, the joy all those people getting together."
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Environment
To prevent deaths during Washington's next heat wave, we need a heat action plan
"You have to coordinate a really wide range of services, everything from public health to ambulance services, the fire department, people who reach out to elderly care facilities, people who reach out and take care of the homeless. I could go on."
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Health
Nearly 800 people believed to have died in Northwest heat wave
The heat wave from two weeks ago is now one of the deadliest weather-related events in Washington state history.