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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Arts & Life
This hiker survived 9 days with a can of SpaghettiOs. Here's his story
What's it like to survive nine days in the wilderness? Andrew Devers knows. What was supposed to be a breezy day hike turned into a rescue mission when Devers disappeared while hiking near the Pratt River Trail in North Bend.
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Government
Pentagon cancels Microsoft's massive JEDI contract
‘$10 billion is obviously a huge number. It was a massive project to migrate the Pentagon's computing infrastructure and data to the cloud.’
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Arts & Life
Powerful moments mark reopening arts events
A garage band art installation, a history walk, and a streaming solo show highlighting Black culture.
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Health
Heat wave lesson: Hydration is key, especially for older people
'My patients in clinic today are great examples. They get gradually sicker and sicker and then get into a spiral where they're unable to take in more fluids, for one reason or another.'
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Business
Washington reopens, but does 'full-capacity' mean business as usual?
Set your watches. At 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, June 30, Washington state will officially reopen. So what does that mean? For many, it’s a major mental milestone after such a long period of restrictions, lockdowns, sacrifice, and loss during the pandemic.
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Race & Identity
Black UW police officers file claims against the university, alleging a racist work environment
"In some ways, they feel like it's worse here in Seattle than it is in places like the South where they've been before."
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Health
Pouring mommy wine culture down the drain: Online group offers support
"I would make these promises to myself, 'I'm going to cut back,' or 'I'm not going to drink today.' Then I would find myself continuously breaking them. The guilt and shame that went along with that was just such a dark place to be."
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Government
Reining in tech giants could happen with Jayapal-sponsored antitrust bill
"It would be sort of like being the referee on a field and at the same time playing for one of the teams."
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Government
After the Capitol insurrection, Sen. Patty Murray says For the People Act is 'critical for our democracy'
‘…we have a faction in our country who is willing to use brute force to take over people's voices. We cannot allow that to happen.’
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Health
If 140,000 more people get vaccinated, Washington state could reopen early
‘It's not over until it truly is over, and we are really concerned that folks are going to think that we're at 70%, and therefore you don't have to worry about anything.’